- Nov 07, 2020
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- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that women definitely have a special bond as friends that is hard to describe to men, and we don't often see that portrayed narratively.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Positive characterizations are complex characterizations. That's all we need to know. They shouldn't be saccharine. They shouldn't feel like medicine.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.
- Certain Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not signing on to direct 'Black Panther.' I think I'll just say we had different ideas about what the story would be. Marvel has a certain way of doing things, and I think they're fantastic, and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a filmmaker, you put the film out there, and you just want it to be okay. You don't want to let people down; you don't want to embarrass yourself.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Diversity' is like, 'Ugh, I have to do diversity.' I recognize and celebrate what it is, but that word, to me, is a disconnect.
- Miles
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is from Compton, California, but my father is from Hayneville, Alabama, and that's less than 20 miles from Selma.
- Bad Stuff
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- Nov 07, 2020
You gotta follow the white guys. Truly. They've got this thing wired. Too often, we live within their games, so why would you not study what works? Take away the bad stuff - because there's a lot - and use the savvy interesting stuff and figure out how they can apply. It's a good one for the ladies.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the Black Lives Matter movement, a lot of the focus is on the protest and dissent. I'm hoping to dismantle the public notion - for folks outside of the community - of what Black Lives Matter means. It's really about saying that black lives matter: that humanity is the same when you go inside people's homes.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists should be free to create what we want. I believe there's a special value in work that is a reflection of oneself as opposed to interpretation. When I see a film or a TV show about black people not written by someone who's black, it's an interpretation of that life.
- Big Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a big difference between the independent film world and the Hollywood film world, and I don't know that I understood that until I got into certain rooms, and people's faces go blank when you talk about Sundance.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020