If I choose this platform [The Black Arts Movement] and God validates this platform, I feel like we have to use the hyper-reality to get people closer to [actual] reality. Right now is so special because it's the information age and people just want to be aware and there's no better way of doing that than through art.
Kofi SiriboeI started in this industry [television] as a kid doing commercials. Ever since I was introduced to it, I loved it.
Kofi SiriboeLouisiana taught me another level of humility. Everyone is so content, not socially content but spiritually. Everyone is happy with who they are and loves their city regardless of what has happened here with Katrina and all the different stories. They have a sense of pride and it really rubbed off on me.
Kofi SiriboeI feel like the stillness of Ralph Angel - him being formerly incarcerated, being a Black man, being misunderstood in this world, I felt like that brought him to a place where he thought he had to be an observer - externally and internally.
Kofi SiriboeThat [Louisiana culture] was all very new to me. I read books and watched documentaries, just trying to immerse myself.
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