Darnell Lamont Walker
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Biography
Darnell Lamont Walker is an American writer, director, producer, and death doula. He directed and produced social impact documentaries, including Seeking Asylum, Outside the House, and Set Yourself on Fire, which have screened at various film festivals.
"The masters and overseers were so good at employee development, in their absence, the employees still achieved the company's mission"
"The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night."
"I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all."
"There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated."
"What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed"
"An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant."
"Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other."
"In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman."
"The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became."
"Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over."
"Gonna pretend to be a deaf mute who knows no sign one day, meet a woman, and we'll write for the rest of our lives."
"I don't know any homophobic people. That suggests fear.The people I know who hate gay folks are:illiterate, nescient, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unschooled, untaught, backward, benighted, primitive, unenlightened, blockheaded, dense, doltish, hebetudinous, obtuse, stupid, thickheaded, thick-wittedBut not homophobic."
"I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact."
"Some days I feel like I will die for them. Some days, with them."
"Can't be on the front lines fighting a war with the weapons given to you by the enemy."
"In her head is warAll the time just warI put her to bedI bring peace to the world"
"I have no clue if it's true and I don't much want to look, but I bet a war happens inside the cocoon."
"Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all."
"Sanity and sense becomes a prison."
"Didn't know where I was going. Didn't care where I ended up. I knew I'd be okay though."
"When you don't make it too far from the plantation, you might as well befriend your captors."
"They ran to the museums for paintings. I ran to the roof for sunsets"
"You can't fight and claim you want to be free from the oppressor while still holding tight to things the oppressor gave you."
"The scary part of being an artist is knowing that what makes you a better artist can also kill you."
"I don't trust people without books or questions."