From a young age, [James Baldwin] was watching all those different films. He's watching John Wayne killing off the Indians. He came to the point that the Indians were him. You had to educate yourself because the movies were not… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
I don't think I ever watched a movie without being totally immersed in the story. But at the same time, I had to keep some distance from it. I had to question what the narrative was trying to tell me… — 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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