People Quotes by Haile Gerima

Haile Gerima

A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most of the films are like application forms with the formulaic ideas of Hollywood.

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Haile Gerima

I really do not care what the white world is doing. I care about black people building the monument on slavery.

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Haile Gerima

I think not many young people are willing to pay the price of telling their own story.

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Haile Gerima

It’s not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook up with people, engage people intellectually about your passion and the kinds of films that interest you, and sooner or later you find people that have the same affinity that you have.

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Haile Gerima

Most young people now are very vulnerable as to what the American film aficionados are going to say. They care too much about a system that has no room for them. It’s really a serious issue for me, because to me it’s, how do I survive beyond a film that was disgraced or praised?

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Haile Gerima

Success is really when you create a space, a piece of art, and people come in and say, that’s my story – when they claim it.

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Haile Gerima

The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It’s like affirmative action – once a year, one is recognized. But what has to occur is self-emergence so if they ignore you, you don’t have to disappear.

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Haile Gerima

The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself is a crime because slavery is a very important historical event that has held our people hostage. Forget white people’s role in it. In the end what’s important is black people remain and live with the scars and psychological issues.

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Haile Gerima

To me, entertainment is really the new plantation. It’s the new sugar, the new cotton, that black people work for somebody else to be richer than them.

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People Quotes by Haile Gerima

A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most of the films are like application forms with the formulaic ideas of Hollywood.

I really do not care what the white world is doing. I care about black people building the monument on slavery.

I think not many young people are willing to pay the price of telling their own story.

Most young people now are very vulnerable as to what the American film aficionados are going to say. They care too much about a system that has no room for them. It’s really a serious issue for me, because to me it’s, how do I survive beyond a film that was disgraced or praised?

Success is really when you create a space, a piece of art, and people come in and say, that’s my story – when they claim it.

The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It’s like affirmative action – once a year, one is recognized. But what has to occur is self-emergence so if they ignore you, you don’t have to disappear.

To me, entertainment is really the new plantation. It’s the new sugar, the new cotton, that black people work for somebody else to be richer than them.

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