'I Am Not Your Negro,' Why MLK Went to Memphis, The Perils of Reporting on the CIA

Midday on WNYC | Jan 12, 2018

Hébert Peck discusses the Oscar-nominated documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, which he produced with his brother, director Raoul Peck. Journalist Ted Conover talks about his latest article for Smithsonian magazine called, “I Am a Man.” Writer/director Sebastian Lelio explains A Fantastic Woman, along with actress Daniela Vega who stars in it. Journalist James Risen, The Intercept’s senior national security correspondent, with his latest story, “The Biggest Secret: My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror.”

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