Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Damon Davis: Hva jeg så under protestene i Ferguson
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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when they are afraid.
sprer det seg som ild.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
av St. Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis my entire life.
hele mitt liv,
in Ferguson, Missouri --
i Ferguson, Missouri.
to lose his life to law enforcement.
det siste offeret til politiet."
trying to use fear as a weapon.
ble brukt som et våpen.
in mourning was to use force
var å bruke makt
to make us afraid of each other
have worked in the past.
this time it was different.
var det annerledes.
treatment of the community
Ferguson and St. Louis.
i Ferguson og St.Louis.
about the fourth or fifth day,
den fjerde, eller femte dagen,
minutes away from Ferguson,
into the conversation:
the same thing going on.
with something else inside of them.
to back down from the police.
something in me changing,
was doing the same thing.
to do something more.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
Jeg er kunstner. Jeg lager ting.
specific to the protest,
in a spiritual war,
for the road ahead.
of the hands of protesters
the boarded-up buildings
and to raise the morale.
i det minste i et minutt,
the stories of these people
om de folkene
courageous in the moment.
that was given to me.
of our job as artists.
of courage in the work that we do.
between the normal folks
normale folk
to spread fear and hate,
til å spre frykt og hat,
the binds us every day?
was not put in me to cripple me,
at frykt ikke hemmer meg,
how to use that fear,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmakerTED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression.
Why you should listen
Musician, visual artist and filmmaker working at the intersection of art and activism, exploring the experience of contemporary black Americans. His documentary, Whose Streets?, premiered at Sundance 2017 and tells the story of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri that took place after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police in 2014.
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