[James] Baldwin was a revelation for me, the kind of revelation that follows you all your life because you can go back to it. It's not just about sto…

- Raoul Peck

The role James Baldwin played in my life is incommensurable as stated above. He helped, along with a few others, to shape the man that I am today. My…

- Raoul Peck

Face your reality. You, black or white, are not innocent anymore. Either you have the courage to face it or you will go down together with the whole …

- Raoul Peck

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…

- Raoul Peck

There are only one or two geniuses every century.

- Raoul Peck

It was really always about bringing back [James] Baldwin's words in all their rawness, in all their impact - in the way he analyzes not only this cou…

- Raoul Peck

The system gives you two minutes to phrase a whole history.

- Raoul Peck

Your tweet is as important as if you would have written a Ph.D. [dissertation] on the subject.

- Raoul Peck

I just hope that my films will survive me.

- Raoul Peck