What is I Am Not Your Negro's IQ Score?

I Am Not Your Negro has an IQ Score of 173/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 44/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is I Am Not Your Negro educational?

I Am Not Your Negro is strong on educational value, 44/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

I Am Not Your Negro , IQ Score 173/200

Name: I Am Not Your Negro
Genre: documentary
Rating: 173

I Am Not Your Negro has an IQ Score of 173/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

documentary

173/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

A documentary using James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript about Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Samuel L.

Jackson narrates. Exceptional educational value about the Civil Rights Movement and Baldwin's thought. The interweaving of archival footage with contemporary images is formally powerful. Among the most important American documentaries of recent years.

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