#twilight la

[cantstealmysunshine-blog]

I just want people to wake up. It's not a color, it's a person.

Reginald Denny, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

[cantstealmysunshine-blog]

Because the panic was so high that, oh my God, I was almost thinking: "Did I deserve this, do I, do I deserve it?" I thought me, personally--no, me, generically, maybe so.

Anonymous Man #2, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

[cantstealmysunshine-blog]

I know how to talk to my people. I know how to tell them not to put their lives at risk. I know how to say don't put other people's lives at risk. But, journalists, don't you dare dictate to me about what I'm supposed to say. It's not nice to display anger. I am angry. It is all right to be angry. It is unfortunate what people do when they are frustrated and angry. The fact of the matter is, whether we like it or not, riot is the voice of the unheard.

Maxine Waters, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

[cantstealmysunshine-blog]

Acting is a constant process of becoming something. It is not a result, it is not an answer. It is not a solution. I am first looking for the humanness inside the problems, or the crises. The spoken word is evidence of the humanness. Perhaps the solutions come somewhere further down the road.

Anna Deavere Smith, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992