Bodyguard of Lies vs I Am Not Your Negro
Bodyguard of Lies has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for I Am Not Your Negro). Bodyguard of Lies is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 33m. I Am Not Your Negro is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bodyguard of Lies
I Am Not Your Negro| Bodyguard of Lies | I Am Not Your Negro | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Dan Krauss | Raoul Peck |
| Main cast | – | Samuel L. Jackson, JoeyStarr |
Synopsis
Bodyguard of Lies
Exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, revealing the campaign of lies and misinformation fed to the American public. Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings of those at the highest levels of the military and elected leadership, this gripping documentary urges a reckoning with the wider implications of government…
I Am Not Your Negro
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
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