A black character is much more than just a black character; he's a character, period. So show the world as it is.… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
There are no free rides nor short cuts in this world. 'The Voice' and 'The Bachelorette' are very poor examples to model… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Film is carrying a lot of ideology. It's carrying an image. It's forging an image not only of the rest of the… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Haiti is not a world aside, a world apart. Culture and imaginations have always been part of our rebirth. — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
As long as you are in that white privilege bubble, you don't need to see the world differently. You don't need to… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
America has been living on the back of the whole world! If you take how much energy we consume, like, 20 percent… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Even in Haiti, I saw John Wayne movies. American cinema has always been the dominant cinema throughout the world, and people tend… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties,… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
[James] Baldwin was a revelation for me, the kind of revelation that follows you all your life because you can go back… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties,… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
I felt that the world, and in particular this country, were going in circles. What had happened 40 or 50 years ago… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
America has been living on the back of the whole world! If you take how much energy we consume, like, 20 percent of the… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the person exercising… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films. — Raoul Peck Copy Share
Your tweet is as important as if you would have written a Ph.D. [dissertation] on the subject. — Raoul Peck Copy Share
James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
When I left Haiti, I was eight. I went to the Congo where my father was working. The only images that I had were… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
Over the years, he disappeared - like a lot of our leaders disappear. [James Baldwin] was not assassinated, but somehow he went through those… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
You face the reality, whether it's hopeful or hopeless. What's your alternative? To lie down and die? — Raoul Peck Copy Share
Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined. — Raoul Peck Copy Share
You're telling me Beyonce is a revolutionary? Thirty years ago, you had those guys who raised their fists at the Olympic games, and they… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
Film is carrying a lot of ideology. It's carrying an image. It's forging an image not only of the rest of the world, but… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti. — Raoul Peck Copy Share
I studied economics. I studied industrial engineering. It wasn't until later, when I was around 26, that I really decided to go to film school. — Raoul Peck Copy Share
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