The first time I saw the Dutch character known as Black Pete, or Zwarte Piet, my heart sank, and I felt a… — Roger Ross Williams Character Copy Share Image
Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd. — Roger Ross Williams Absurd Copy Share Image
I will always make films that champion outsiders, because I still feel like one, even though I'm now governor of the documentary… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Wiseman's films are some of the most pure cinema, and to take a journey in a Wiseman film is like no other.… — Roger Ross Williams Body Copy Share Image
Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it. — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a… — Roger Ross Williams Cinema Copy Share Image
The long journey I've taken from where I started, and to end up at the Governors Awards as a governor - it… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
What is so attractive about Uganda for missionaries is that they have free rein. They can go anywhere they please - schools,… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
When I was filming 'Prudence' in Zimbabwe, I noticed the hold fundamentalist Christianity had on sub-Saharan Africa. So I thought I'd like… — Roger Ross Williams Big business Copy Share Image
While the documentary community is way ahead of Hollywood, it is still nowhere near where it needs to be. Filmmakers of color… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Toward the end of the film ['Life, Animated'] we see 'The Sidekicks Story,' and that is a story that Owen drew himself.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I felt totally alienated from the world, but I loved movies. They were my escape, but… — Roger Ross Williams Cinema Copy Share Image
When I first saw a White Dutch person dressed up as Black Pete, I was both sickened and shocked. It's hard to… — Roger Ross Williams Behavior Copy Share Image
I didn't know the extent of American obsession with Uganda until I got there and saw it. You ride in the plane… — Roger Ross Williams Destination Copy Share Image
I began filming 'God Loves Uganda' by first meeting some of the Ugandan and American missionaries who have helped create Uganda's evangelical… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Why so much interest in Uganda? Why are American conservatives lobbing for hate? The answer is that they feel they have lost… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament. — Roger Ross Williams Hospitals Copy Share Image
I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
When I decided to make 'Blackface,' a short film about Black Pete, I had little knowledge of the giant cesspool of hate… — Roger Ross Williams Blackface Copy Share Image
Imagine that you're a gay man, and you're spending all your time with people who believe you are possessed by the devil.… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
'God Loves Uganda' is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right.… — Roger Ross Williams African culture Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I agree that Scott Lively is marginal, and that is exactly why evangelicals must not let him speak for them. But in… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
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