James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant social critic, he foreshadowed the destructive trends happening now in the whole Western world and beyond,… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
I felt that the world, and in particular this country, were going in circles. What had happened 40 or 50 years ago was happening again, but even in a worse form - that we were sinking into a lot of… — 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 Image
You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the person exercising racism.You are confronted with the reality of racism when you go in the streets, when the eyes of others come upon you. [James] Baldwin goes back with you to all the experiences you went through and… — 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 Image
Your tweet is as important as if you would have written a Ph.D. [dissertation] on the subject. — 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 a brilliant social critic, he foreshadowed the destructive trends happening now in the whole Western world and beyond, while always maintaining a sense of humanistic hope and dignity. He explored palpable, yet unspoken, intricacies of racial, sexual, and… — 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 Image
I have always tried to put content in my work. It is a consistent challenge. — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
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 Image
You face the reality, whether it's hopeful or hopeless. What's your alternative? To lie down and die? — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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