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Raws li ib qho Academy puav pheej-tus thawj coj yeej, Roger Ross Williams tau siv rau cov neeg thov kom nws saib cov yeeb yaj kiab uas lawv tau ua haujlwm. Nws yog ib tug zoo kev ua si nawv thiab feem ntau pom zoo, tsis yeej ib txwm cia siab rau dab tsi.

Thaum Rosa Ruth Boesten tuaj cuag Williams ntawm ib qho kev tshwm sim hauv Amsterdam, nws tau pom zoo los saib cov yeeb yaj kiab rau nws zaj yeeb yaj kiab, zaj yeeb yaj kiab hu ua Tswv Ntuj lub teeb. Qhov nws pom tau ua rau nws ploj mus. "Kuv tau saib cov yeeb yaj kiab, thiab nws tsuas yog zaj dab neeg zoo kawg nkaus," nws hais. "Nws tau raug tua zoo nkauj thiab muaj zog, thiab kuv tsis tau pom dab tsi zoo li nws."

Tus thawj coj Dutch tau ua yeeb yaj kiab lub neej ntawm tus neeg pleev kob classic George Anthony Morton. Ib tus kws ua yeeb yam uas muaj txiaj ntsig thiab muaj siab ntseeg ntawm Dutch masters zoo li Rembrandt, Morton tau sim ua txhaum rau hauv lub ntiaj teb kos duab tom qab 10-xyoo stint nyob rau hauv tsev lojcuj rau kev lag luam tshuaj.

Williams raug muag. Nws hu ua Boesten, lawv mus noj su, thiab nws hais kom tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab - zoo nkauj heev rau thawj thawj zaug. "Nws pib quaj," nws nco qab. "Nws tsis ntseeg nws tom qab tau tawm tsam ntev heev kom tau txais nyiaj txiag. Kuv coj nws mus rau New York, thiab peb tau sib tham thiab tau txais zaj duab xis rau hauv kev ua koob tsheej. "

cov documentary, uas tau nthuav tawm ntawm HBO hnub Wednesday thiab rau HBO Max lub lim tiam dhau los, tsis yog tsuas yog nkag mus rau hauv kev ua koob tsheej - nws tau ntxuav ntawm lawv. Tswv Ntuj lub teeb tau txais Grand Jury Prize ntawm SXSWXSW
, Cov Ntaub Ntawv Zoo Tshaj Plaws ntawm San Francisco International Film Festival thiab Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws Ua Ntej ntawm UK's Sheffield DocFest. Qhov teeb meem tshwm sim hauv zaj duab xis resonated nrog cov neeg saib, ib yam dab tsi Morton zoo siab rau.

"Peb tsis xav kom nws tsis muaj tseeb lossis cuav. Nws qhia txog kev ncaj ncees ntawm kuv qhov kev tawm tsam txhua hnub, thaum kawg xav txhawb tus hluas George, "tus kws kos duab hais.

Boesten ntes Morton txoj kev thawb kom tau txais kev tshaj lij hauv kev kos duab thiab kho kev sib raug zoo nrog nws tsev neeg. Ib feem ntawm txoj kev kho mob ntawd koom nrog kev pleev xim rau nws tsev neeg hauv cov qauv ntawm Dutch qub masters. Morton hais tias nws nrhiav kev qhia cov neeg saib zaj yeeb yaj kiab ib txoj hauv kev uas lawv tuaj yeem taug kev yog tias lawv muaj kev paub zoo sib xws. Nws hais tias "Kuv xav tiv thaiv tib neeg los ntawm tej zaum taug kev mus rau hauv qee qhov ntxiab uas kuv tau taug kev," nws hais.

Morton sau tseg tias thaum loj hlob tuaj, nws ib txwm xav tias nws tau kos rau kev kos duab thiab muaj lub peev xwm ntawm kev kos duab. Tab sis nws tau siv ntau xyoo kom paub tias yog ib txoj hauv kev ua haujlwm tau zoo. Thaum nyob hauv ib lub chaw kaw menyuam yaus, nws tau ntsib tus kws qhia lej uas tau pab nws tau txais nws GED.

“Nws tau cog lus tias thaum kuv tawm mus, nws yuav pom kuv thiab coj kuv mus rau hauv tsev cia puav pheej. Thiab nws tau coj kuv mus saib Rembrandt thawj zaug thaum kuv muaj 16 xyoo. Kuv tsis muaj peev xwm ua rau cov duab kos duab zoo li ib tus kws tshaj lij thaum lub sijhawm, tab sis nws tau ua rau qee yam hauv kuv lub siab uas yuav tawg paj tom qab, "Morton hais. "Thiab thaum kuv tau raug kaw, kuv pom tias yog kuv lub sijhawm uas tsuas yog zais tau zoo nyob hauv qhov kev poob qis."

Morton muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo kawg li - pom kev poob qis raws li lub sijhawm. Raws li ib tug txiv neej Dub tab tom nrhiav kev ua haujlwm hauv kev lag luam dawb, nws yeej muaj feem ua rau poob siab los ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug thiab tej qhov rooj uas tseem kaw rau nws. Hloov chaw, nws nyiam xav tias nws txoj kev siv zog yuav ua kom yooj yim dua rau lwm tus neeg ntawm cov xim lossis cov neeg uas raug kaw.

“Gatekeeping tsuas yog ib feem ntawm peb zaj dab neeg tib neeg. Koj paub, peb tab tom hloov tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb qub, tej zaum cov kev xav qub, thiab kuv zoo siab heev los pab peb dhau ntawm qee qhov ntawd, "nws hais. “Qhov kuv pom yog qhov zoo thiab qhov phem feem ntau tshwm sim ua ke. Thiab yog li kuv sim tsis txhob hais lus meej txog ib yam uas koj paub, tab sis qhov kuv vam tias yuav hloov pauv thaum kawg yog cov stereotypes uas tuaj yeem tshwm sim los ntawm ib qho tsis muaj kev sawv cev. "