while he’s acted in such big-budget films as k-pax it’s his smaller projects
films as k-pax it’s his smaller projects
films as k-pax it’s his smaller projects that are closest to his heart
that are closest to his heart
that are closest to his heart yo son hasn’t so lost simply because we
yo son hasn’t so lost simply because we
yo son hasn’t so lost simply because we are we be the rising stars and sons that
are we be the rising stars and sons that
are we be the rising stars and sons that never said word up jack hi I’m Rebecca
never said word up jack hi I’m Rebecca
never said word up jack hi I’m Rebecca Braden and welcome to watchmojo.com and
Braden and welcome to watchmojo.com and
Braden and welcome to watchmojo.com and today our host Malik Shaheed got the
today our host Malik Shaheed got the
today our host Malik Shaheed got the chance to speak with actor poet and
chance to speak with actor poet and
chance to speak with actor poet and musician Saul Williams about his film
musician Saul Williams about his film
musician Saul Williams about his film career and his literary mixtape talk to
career and his literary mixtape talk to
career and his literary mixtape talk to us about your love of poetry I wrote
us about your love of poetry I wrote
us about your love of poetry I wrote poems and write poems out of out of
poems and write poems out of out of
poems and write poems out of out of necessity or some it’s a discipline that
necessity or some it’s a discipline that
necessity or some it’s a discipline that I kind of enjoy from my own development
I kind of enjoy from my own development
I kind of enjoy from my own development as a person
as a person
as a person write down thoughts and journals I like
write down thoughts and journals I like
write down thoughts and journals I like journals I have a love of books of
journals I have a love of books of
journals I have a love of books of journals you know fill them up with
journals you know fill them up with
journals you know fill them up with words just cuz they’re there and it’s
words just cuz they’re there and it’s
words just cuz they’re there and it’s and I think it’s helpful sometimes when
and I think it’s helpful sometimes when
and I think it’s helpful sometimes when I’m thinking or what have you
I’m thinking or what have you
I’m thinking or what have you poetry’s been very useful for me but I
poetry’s been very useful for me but I
poetry’s been very useful for me but I didn’t approach it out of a love of it
didn’t approach it out of a love of it
didn’t approach it out of a love of it talk to us a lot about your literary
talk to us a lot about your literary
talk to us a lot about your literary mixtape so I have a book that’s coming
mixtape so I have a book that’s coming
mixtape so I have a book that’s coming out on September 4th with approximately
out on September 4th with approximately
out on September 4th with approximately a hundred different poets in it kind of
a hundred different poets in it kind of
a hundred different poets in it kind of like an anthology except the way that
like an anthology except the way that
like an anthology except the way that it’s been put together is the the titles
it’s been put together is the the titles
it’s been put together is the the titles and the authors call in the back of the
and the authors call in the back of the
and the authors call in the back of the book like film credits and the poems are
book like film credits and the poems are
book like film credits and the poems are connected one after another so that they
connected one after another so that they
connected one after another so that they read like one voice but it’s 100 voices
read like one voice but it’s 100 voices
read like one voice but it’s 100 voices and they’re connected by theme and then
and they’re connected by theme and then
and they’re connected by theme and then I wrote a poem using the the poems that
I wrote a poem using the the poems that
I wrote a poem using the the poems that are there and reading over it just using
are there and reading over it just using
are there and reading over it just using those words here that goes through the
those words here that goes through the
those words here that goes through the whole book as well and and so that’s
whole book as well and and so that’s
whole book as well and and so that’s called chorus you’re acting a phone call
called chorus you’re acting a phone call
called chorus you’re acting a phone call or jury which is a French film and you
or jury which is a French film and you
or jury which is a French film and you had to speak French in the film yeah how
had to speak French in the film yeah how
had to speak French in the film yeah how big a challenge was that for you well it
big a challenge was that for you well it
big a challenge was that for you well it was a big challenge I was living in
was a big challenge I was living in
was a big challenge I was living in Paris at the time when I was asked to do
Paris at the time when I was asked to do
Paris at the time when I was asked to do it we shot the film in Senegal for two
it we shot the film in Senegal for two
it we shot the film in Senegal for two months over the summer last summer and
months over the summer last summer and
months over the summer last summer and the language was part of the challenge I
the language was part of the challenge I
the language was part of the challenge I mean the other challenge was approaching
mean the other challenge was approaching
mean the other challenge was approaching the subject matter it’s the last 24
the subject matter it’s the last 24
the subject matter it’s the last 24 hours in the life of a man who knows
hours in the life of a man who knows
hours in the life of a man who knows that he’s going to die at the end of the
that he’s going to die at the end of the
that he’s going to die at the end of the day when he goes to sleep and so
day when he goes to sleep and so
day when he goes to sleep and so his what he does on those last 24 hours
his what he does on those last 24 hours
his what he does on those last 24 hours from the moment he opens his eyes to the
from the moment he opens his eyes to the
from the moment he opens his eyes to the moment he closes them and and so I was
moment he closes them and and so I was
moment he closes them and and so I was playing that character and so that was
playing that character and so that was
playing that character and so that was that was more of a challenge in the
that was more of a challenge in the
that was more of a challenge in the language the language was not as
language the language was not as
language the language was not as difficult because when I was in the
difficult because when I was in the
difficult because when I was in the process of learning the language I also
process of learning the language I also
process of learning the language I also had a Wolof coach as well and that was
had a Wolof coach as well and that was
had a Wolof coach as well and that was that was fun more so than anything else
that was fun more so than anything else
that was fun more so than anything else and but also because the language that I
and but also because the language that I
and but also because the language that I had to learn was in the script it was
had to learn was in the script it was
had to learn was in the script it was like learning lines I didn’t have to
like learning lines I didn’t have to
like learning lines I didn’t have to learn how to speak the language fluently
learn how to speak the language fluently
learn how to speak the language fluently I could just learn my lines so the first
I could just learn my lines so the first
I could just learn my lines so the first time we dip and dab on a film you wrote
time we dip and dab on a film you wrote
time we dip and dab on a film you wrote a film called slam which won the Grand
a film called slam which won the Grand
a film called slam which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance cops because
Jury Prize at the Sundance cops because
Jury Prize at the Sundance cops because 5ob the six six six Purple Rain slam is
5ob the six six six Purple Rain slam is
5ob the six six six Purple Rain slam is the film that I did right when I got out
the film that I did right when I got out
the film that I did right when I got out of grad school it’s the first film I
of grad school it’s the first film I
of grad school it’s the first film I ever did and I was asked to write it
ever did and I was asked to write it
ever did and I was asked to write it before I was asked to act in it and so I
before I was asked to act in it and so I
before I was asked to act in it and so I agreed to be a writer and then you know
agreed to be a writer and then you know
agreed to be a writer and then you know beg tapped because I was in school for
beg tapped because I was in school for
beg tapped because I was in school for acting I didn’t know anything about
acting I didn’t know anything about
acting I didn’t know anything about writing but the director thought I did
writing but the director thought I did
writing but the director thought I did because he had heard my poetry
because he had heard my poetry
because he had heard my poetry I was asked also to write poetry for the
I was asked also to write poetry for the
I was asked also to write poetry for the film and it was right as I was
film and it was right as I was
film and it was right as I was discovering poetry the poetry had
discovering poetry the poetry had
discovering poetry the poetry had already transformed my life by that time
already transformed my life by that time
already transformed my life by that time and then the film itself
and then the film itself
and then the film itself you know blew that out into another
you know blew that out into another
you know blew that out into another dimension thanks a lot all right Thank
dimension thanks a lot all right Thank
dimension thanks a lot all right Thank You Man appreciate you okay cool
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