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I just didn't realize the unbelievable impact Disney films had on American society until my assistant coached me on the stories and brought me up to speed.
- Roger Ross Williams
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#Impact
#Me
#Society
#Speed
I would be remiss if I didn't say that it has been troubling for me to work within an institution that does not seem to recognize that I am a statistic.
- Roger Ross Williams
#I Am
#Institution
#Me
#Say
#Work
While shooting in Uganda in 2011, the conservative evangelical pastors I was filming - the most ardent supporters of the country's now infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill - discovered that I myself am gay.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Conservative
#Country
#Gay
#Myself
#Now
All too often, white documentary filmmakers are the ones telling the stories of people of color.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Color
#Documentary
#Often
#People
#White
I made a film about a person living with a disability. Those kinds of films are often about the disability, not who a person is.
- Roger Ross Williams
#About
#Film
#Living
#Person
#Who
It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Africa
#American
#Hold
#Important
#Money
When I visited Africa to make my film 'Music by Prudence,' I was struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Africans were. There was literally a church on every corner.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Church
#Conservative
#Film
#How
#Music
There are simply too many Academy members who were voted in during a less inclusive era and still remain a large voting bloc even though they haven't worked in the field for decades.
- Roger Ross Williams
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#Large
#Simply
#Voting
#Who
The war against homosexuality in Uganda is fueled by the funds of American Christian missionary churches.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Against
#American
#Christian
#Funds
#War
'God Loves Uganda' is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting 'sexual immorality' and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow Biblical law.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Change
#Culture
#Fighting
#God
#Law
The long journey I've taken from where I started, and to end up at the Governors Awards as a governor - it was an emotional and powerful moment for me.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Journey
#Long Journey
#Long
#Me
#Moment
When I decided to make 'Blackface,' a short film about Black Pete, I had little knowledge of the giant cesspool of hate I was about to dive into. I didn't realize how popular and passionate many white Dutch are about a figure that they connect to fond memories from their childhood.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Black
#Hate
#Knowledge
#Memories
#White
I love 'Jungle Book' and all the classics growing up, but what I learned about this is that these Disney films are basically classic fables that have been told for thousands of years.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Book
#Classic
#Growing Up
#Jungle
#Love
The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Director
#Important
#Relationship
When I was filming 'Prudence' in Zimbabwe, I noticed the hold fundamentalist Christianity had on sub-Saharan Africa. So I thought I'd like to make a film about religion in Africa because the prosperity gospel is big business where people are desperate, poor, and sick.
- Roger Ross Williams
#Business
#Film
#People
#Poor
#Religion
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