James Baldwin is probably, for me and for many other people, one of the most extraordinary authors in this country, black or white. And he is somebody who changed my life. — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Face your reality. You, black or white, are not innocent anymore. Either you have the courage to face it or you will go down together with the whole idea of the American Dream. — 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
