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I believe in God
I believe in film
I believe in Basketball
I believe in the healing power of laughter
I believe in family
I believe in women
I believe in honesty no matter how brutal
I believe in intelligent people
I believe in Africa
I believe no matter how difficult in the human race
I believe in working on my weaknesses
I believe the end of Raoul Peck’s film ‘Lumumba’ has one of the best endings of a film ever
I believe the end of Bryan Singer’s film ‘The Usual Suspects’ has the other
I believe the beginning of Djibril Diop Mambety’s film ‘Hyenas’ has one of the best beginnings of a film ever
I believe President Thomas Sankara was one of the greatest leaders this continent ever lost
I believe in Literature
I believe every time I leave the African continent I am entering hostile territory
I believe in this quote from Ntare Mwine play ‘Biro’. It goes: ‘my father gave me the name Mwerinde ebiro. It means beware of time because it has the answers.’
I believe in kissing. Lots of kissing.
I believe like Bob Marley ‘one good thing about music/when it hits you feel no pain’
I believe in the theory of ‘having access to things’ as opposed to ‘ownership of things’
I believe in hot chocolate
I believe our local film industry should do more co productions with African countries
I believe most films on the truth commission lie
I believe there should be a tax on foreign films in our cinemas like it’s done overseas in certain countries
I believe that Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete ever
I believe that Ali was the Greatest
I believe the World Cup in 2010 will be a success
I believe that South Africa won’t win the cup however
I believe that Nigeria will win-cause the cup must remain on the continent
I believe Cameroon was robbed in the 1990 World Cup quarter finals
I believe Roberto Baggio owes Nigeria something for World Cup 1994. Something! I just don’t know what.
I believe in T.O.M. Pictures
I believe the SABC and MNET should cover FESPACO like they cover the Oscars
I believe in winning the Golden Stallion of Yenenga at FESPACO before the Oscar
I believe the Oscar is pretty cool too
I believe in rum and coke
I believe in peanuts and coke
I believe in smarties and coke at the movies instead of popcorn
I believe in love at first sight
I believe in people with passion
I believe that Brenda Fassie was serious when she told me she would hire me as her garden boy
I believe Craig Freimond’s film ‘Gums and Noses’ should have been released on the big screen
I believe most people that start a sentence with ‘I don’t usually do this…’ usually do
I believe producers that benefited from the matchbox system during Apartheid should pay some money back
I believe Abderrahmane Sissako is one of the classiest directors I have met
I believe in a different kind of black
I believe Tanya Farber should say what she really thinks when she reviews South African films
I believe in the South African filmmakers around me
I believe in Nollywood
I believe certain companies should have started transformation a long time ago
I believe if a foreign star helps get your film made so be it
I believe if you don’t like Morgan Freeman playing Mandela, go make your own film
I believe in hip hop
I believe that if you embrace freedom of speech embrace the key word ‘freedom’
I believe in Fela Anikulapo Kuti when he says ‘Teacher don’t teach me nonsense’
I believe that I know nothing and I love the fact that I know nothing.
I believe in myself