Episode 42 - Roger Ross Williams
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week Sam sits down with director Roger Ross Williams. Williams started out by directing and producing for networks such as NBC, ABC, and CNN, then moved on to directing his own films. As you will hear in the show, Williams rejects settling in one's work and his passion comes through in everything that he does. He and Sam talk about his complex family life, learning how to show emotions, and much more. ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla and @jinsangbeats. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at www.talkeasypod.com
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| 0:45.0 | oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Welcome to the show this talk easy. I'm Sam Ferguson and thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:05.7 | This week on the podcast we're excited to have an Oscar winner in Roger Ross Williams. |
| 1:11.0 | Williams is a documentary filmmaker whose career in storytelling began in the form of journalism. |
| 1:17.0 | From 1985 onward, he produced investigative segments for ABC News, NBC, and NBC, BBC, and CNN. |
| 1:26.0 | Basically, if the network had a B or C in its title, |
| 1:29.5 | Williams worked for them. |
| 1:31.8 | His ethos then was the same as it is now. for Roger whose childhood is so complex that I'll let him explain it in this episode |
| 1:42.0 | truth was and still is everything to him. |
| 1:46.0 | In a world of uncertainty, |
| 1:48.0 | Williams needed facts, some small amount of honesty that made sense. |
| 1:53.4 | He eventually left journalism for cinema, |
| 1:55.4 | making a series of unique documentary shorts |
| 1:58.3 | that led him to music by prudence. |
| 2:00.8 | The film is about disabled Africans who find meaning and joy in the music they make, led by the titular prudence. |
| 2:08.0 | However, the Short Doc made front-page headlines for all the wrong reasons. Upon accepting his award at the Oscars |
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