Here is a 2010 seven-question interview with Ben Russsell: http://dinca.org/interview-ben-russell-chicago-based-filmmaker-artist/6256.htm
Just about as close to perfect as a contemplative film can be.
“This is how we’ve heard it: during slavery, there was hardly anything to eat. They would whip you until your ass was burning, then they would give you a bit of plain rice in a bowl. And the gods said, they said that this is no way for human beings to live. The gods would help them. ‘Let each one go where he may.’ So they ran.” - Lantifaya, Masiakiiki, Suriname, 1973