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It's not about the past; it's about knowing your history so that you can fight in the present. Otherwise, you don't know who the real enemy is, what the real issue is, because it had been covered by many layers of bad information, of lies, and manipulation.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  You , Past , History , Fight


Even in Haiti, I saw John Wayne movies. American cinema has always been the dominant cinema throughout the world, and people tend to forget that. People aren't just seeing these films in California or Florida. They're seeing them in Haiti, in Congo, in France, in Italy and in Asia. That is the power of Hollywood.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  People , World , Forget , Power


We are artists. We are all subjective people; we have a point of view. It doesn't mean we are right.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  People , View , Mean , Point Of View


We are in the middle of a big swamp of ignorance that is taught by a lot of nonsense, propaganda, absurdity, amalgams. I have a hard time listening to any speech. You feel like you want to stop the TV every two seconds to rephrase them, because it's lie after lie, turning stuff upside down, and you can't follow that. That's the trap.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  You , Lie , Time , Feel


I refuse to make films where the audience comes for consumption. I make films where you know you are also part of the process.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  You , Know , Process , Audience


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 or was injecting in my brain.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  Me , Time , Think , Brain


If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  You , Me , Today , Regret


When I left Haiti, I was eight. I went to the Congo where my father was working. The only images that I had were the images of Tarzan. That's what I thought Africa was. Of course, the first day I arrived there, I thought I would see a lot of savages dancing on the tarmac.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  See , Day , Father , Thought


I came back to Haiti after the earthquake not to shoot a film, but to help and be a part of the rebuilding process, like all my fellow compatriots. I didn't come to shoot a film, but I became frustrated when I realized that my help was kind of useless. We all felt lost and helpless. And it's out of that frustration that I decided to shoot a film.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  Help , Back , Lost , Frustration


If there is something that determines my motivation in the work I do, it's the sense of injustice.

Author: Raoul Peck - Haitian Director
  Work , Something , Motivation , Injustice


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