Zeinab badawi, from the World Economic forum in davos. My guest is humanitarian, Activist And Hollywood Actor forest whitaker. Hes probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and hes remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the Whitaker Peace Development initiative, which helps young People Living in communities affected by violence across several continents. Hes also a Special Envoy for unesco and a member of the uns Advocacy Group on Sustainable Development goals. But can Celebrity Activists like him be real Agents For Change . Forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. Its great to be here with you. Now, in your acting career, youve been a very, very versatile actor. Mainstream, Popularfilms Like Rogue One a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. Mm hm. Do you like to act in any genre of films . Im trying to continue to grow as
country, including new york, and while you were mayor, crime went down at the same time you brought you supported the stop-and-frisk movement when you were running. you did that when you were in. but no crime is rising. and your successes of having to deal with crime and deal with many of us that are still saying you cannot have police just go unchecked and not accounting. how do you get the ballots? how do you deal with rising crimes without going too far in terms of letting police feel that they can go back to the kind of street unit, giuliani style, in cities around the country? because it s not only new york. it s every major city we re seeing crime. such an important issue. do you remember i met so many