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I wouldn’t go so far as to say the cinema made me smoke, but it gave me the gestures through which smoking made sense

— John Akomfrah

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The fact that I was black was a kind of accident that had to be overcome

Empathy is something that I’m keen to hang onto

Black cultural movements always have to deal with this question of memory because it is the only raw material, the only stock, that they can turn to

I can’t give over my life to silence in the name of an avoidance of pain

It’s funny, the powerful never get over anything

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