6 Quotes & Sayings By Raoul Peck

Raoul Peck is a filmmaker who has worked on over thirty films. He was born in Haiti and lives in Paris, France. His films have won numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for I Am Cuba. He co-directed the film The Young Karl Marx with director Michel Franco Read more

His most recent film, I Am Not Your Negro, tells the story of writer James Baldwin's friendship with Malcolm X.

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International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti. Raoul Peck
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When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you see yourself as a human being in the world, but you raise discussion and raise aggression, the anger that you confront every day of your life, whether you want to or not. Raoul Peck
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That's part of being a real citizen: always questioning your leadership, not only about what it is doing in your own country, but what it is doing elsewhere. Because it is connected. Raoul Peck
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I think this whole discussion about what is politically correct - sometimes you have to name the name. You can't hide it. Politeness is good if it's not hiding the truth. Raoul Peck
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We need to learn how to organize, not just to let our anger explode. We need to have organization for the long run, not for one issue, not for one murder, but for everything coming to us in the next 20, 30 years. Raoul Peck