After I read about Uganda's now famous "kill the gays" bill, I wanted to explore the religious forces behind it. As a… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Symbolic racism is hurtful and it is especially hurtful to Black children who get called Black Pete in school and grow up… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes,… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I wasn't that much of a Disney buff growing up, but I love the mystical and magical nature of Peter Pan, and… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I made a film about a person living with a disability. Those kinds of films are often about the disability, not who… — Roger Ross Williams Cinema Copy Share Image
I would be remiss if I didn't say that it has been troubling for me to work within an institution that does… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
I came from a very poor family. And I was able to rise up and actually win an Academy Award. And if… — Roger Ross Williams Academy award 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
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
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
'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
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
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
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 have learned that the hardest part of campaigning for tolerance and justice is encouraging people to look at their own selves,… — 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 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
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
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
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