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The Treatment

David Oyelowo: ‘The Water Man’

The Treatment

KCRW

Arts

4.6639 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Actor and director David Oyelowo on the layers of a family film.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.

0:14.3

Welcome to the Treatment, the Home Edition.

0:16.6

I'm Elvis Mitchell.

0:18.0

My guest, what can I say about a man who may be the only person on the planet to have played both Soretti Kama and Muddy Waters?

0:25.4

I'm talking to David.

0:29.4

I love it.

0:30.9

David Oyewolo, whose directorial debut is the Water Manor film, which he also co-stars with an incredible cast.

0:37.2

And David, it's a pleasure to have you here finally.

0:40.1

I've talked to you so many other places to get you on my little goofy radio show is a thrill for me.

0:44.2

Thank you for doing this.

0:45.5

Oh, my absolute pleasure.

0:47.2

Elvis, we've known each other so long.

0:49.0

You can't say my last name wrong.

0:50.8

You can't say, oh, yeah, wolo.

0:52.4

It's a yellow-wo. last name wrong. You can't say, oh, yeah, well, it's oh, yeah, loo. Apparently, I can say it quite wrong.

0:58.7

Oh, David, oh, yellow, oh, yes, I can say it quite wrong. You're in good company, though, Elvis. You're in good

1:04.2

company. There's so much to talk to you about here. But one of the things I've got to figure

1:09.5

that's the reason the waterman

1:11.5

attracted you, finally, it's a resurrection story, isn't it? It's not only about literal

1:16.9

resurrection and a ghost story, but it's also the story of a spiritual, familial resurrection, too,

1:21.3

isn't it? Yeah, you know, that's the first time it's been described that way. And,

1:25.7

and of course, you know, leave it to you to see that in the film.

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