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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who are creative to do what they need to do without having institutions block their art.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to tell many, many stories about themselves, and black filmmakers have not had as many years, as many opportunities, as many films to explore the nuances of our reality.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared for me? A publicist who's been there eight times. Getting there as a filmmaker was a completely surreal, different, unexpected experience.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell the stories that are of interest to me.
- Detailed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film with black people in it - I've been told that in rooms, big rooms, studio rooms, and I know that's not true.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
Film school was a privilege I could not afford.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.
- Every Single Day
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- Nov 07, 2020