Marco Williams is a filmmaker who is not afraid of telling stories that others don't want to tell.
He has produced more than a dozen documentaries exploring race, death, violence and the American psyche. His work has earned him an Emmy, a Peabody, and a litany of other documentary awards. Williams is an arts professor at New York University’s Kanar Institute Tisch School of the Arts, but currently serves as the Lehman Brady Visiting t Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship for his current project about black-on-black homicide.
I've learned in my own work[...]how to be quiet. I know how to open the door[...]to be tough, but to step back and let people fill the space-Marco Williams
Host Frank Stasio talks to Marco Williams about his life, career and creative vision.
Watch a trailer for his latest film, The Undocumented:
Here's a clip from his film Banished:http://youtu.be/G8wymnUYC-c
