Le documentaire culturel (TV Series)
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero (2022)
Bill Duke: Self
Quotes
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Bill Duke : This is what I do. This is what you can do. Why are you limiting yourself?
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Bill Duke : Running in the movie, I think it represented the history of slavery - where the people who escaped and ran. And it also showed the strength of his character, the endurance, and all that. That's significant also. So I think its a multi - running is a multi-layered - it is a symbol of what we could possibly be. All of us.
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Bill Duke : I remember the first time I saw "Sweetback." In think it was with a couple of friends of mine - and we were both acting students at the time. And we just looked at it like, "This is a black man that did this? This is? Really? I mean, he directed, he wrote it, edited it, starred in it, did the music. A black man did this?"
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Bill Duke : He created what I think, I call: edutainment. Because the film was definitely entertaining. It had everything from drama to comedy to whatever. But, it was - it talked about subject matter that was relevant. It had the action, everything, but, it also is relevant to the time. And, unfortunately, it is still relevant today. I hate to say that, but...
