Quotes by Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams

‘Traveling While Black’ is about empathy, what African Americans experience in traveling throughout America, and how it hasn’t changed that much from the past. If it can be experienced in virtual reality, then perhaps some empathy can be gained.

America

Past

Reality

After I read about Uganda’s now famous “kill the gays” bill, I wanted to explore the religious forces behind it. As a gay man, I wanted to understand the folks who wanted to kill me and why.

Gay

Men

Religious

As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between a man and a woman will become illegal. He believes there will be a war. He believes it’ll begin in schools and the Christian kids will rise up and slay the non-Christian kids. This was an on-camera interview!

Christian

Spiritual

War

I always compare young missioners to the kids who naively signed up to go to Iraq to fight terrorism. They are just the foot soldiers in the spiritual war that Mike Bickle and Lou Engle are waging against what they consider sin. They will say it is biblical truth, but the Bible says many things, and you don’t see anyone saying that slavery is okay or that we should not eat shellfish. Why the fascination with sex?

Sex

Spiritual

War

I both didn’t know Owen [Suskind] beforehand and didn’t have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn’t really a problem, because he participated in the writing of the book and wanted people to see him as he truly is. As far as the cameras, Owen lives in the moment and the cameras really didn’t distract him.

Book

People

Writing

I don’t think we’re getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That’s the problem with how the story is being reported.

African American

Empathy

Thinking

I had full access to the material, and had a great relationship with Sean Bailey, the president of Disney productions. He really guided me through the licensing process of the footage. I made presentations to the various departments at the studio, and they were moved by Owen’s [Suskind] story.

Great Relationship

President

Stories

I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, “This book says homosexuals should be killed.”

Book

Saws

Well Known

I think what was special about ‘Music by Prudence’ was the classic story of the title subject’s life path – from being an outcast in her society because she was disabled, to someone who picked herself from that despair and elevated herself within that community, and now that society accepting her as much as they formerly rejected her. People identified with that journey, overcoming an obstacle, but still triumphing.

Journey

People

Thinking

I’ve known Owen’s father Ron [Suskind] for years, and this was based on his best-selling book [“Life, Animated”]. We worked together as journalists at ABC-TV News, and I knew about the book since its inception. Before he finished it, he approached me and said he thought it would make a great documentary, and I agree with him, and moved forward from there.

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Father

Tv News

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Quotes by Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams

‘Traveling While Black’ is about empathy, what African Americans experience in traveling throughout America, and how it hasn’t changed that much from the past. If it can be experienced in virtual reality, then perhaps some empathy can be gained.

After I read about Uganda’s now famous “kill the gays” bill, I wanted to explore the religious forces behind it. As a gay man, I wanted to understand the folks who wanted to kill me and why.

I don’t think we’re getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That’s the problem with how the story is being reported.

I had full access to the material, and had a great relationship with Sean Bailey, the president of Disney productions. He really guided me through the licensing process of the footage. I made presentations to the various departments at the studio, and they were moved by Owen’s [Suskind] story.

I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, “This book says homosexuals should be killed.”

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