- Nov 07, 2020
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- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I visited Africa to make my film 'Music by Prudence,' I was struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Africans were. There was literally a church on every corner.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more I learned about religion in Africa, the more intrigued I became. It was as if the continent was gripped with religious fervor. And the center of it was Uganda.
- Hollywood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hollywood has to diversify.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Academy just reflects Hollywood. And until we break those barriers, until we have African-American or minority studio executives, 'til we have people who are greenlighting movies with African-American actors - the Academy is not going to change until Hollywood changes, so we have to start with Hollywood.
- Hollywood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we have to work with Hollywood. We have to work in the system and change it.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from a very poor family. And I was able to rise up and actually win an Academy Award. And if I can do it, then any kid can do it.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
'God Loves Uganda' is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting 'sexual immorality' and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow Biblical law.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
While shooting in Uganda in 2011, the conservative evangelical pastors I was filming - the most ardent supporters of the country's now infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill - discovered that I myself am gay.
- Doll
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had my own Land of Lost Sidekicks, where I pretended I lived in Paris with my best friend, a little cowboy based on a Marky Maypo doll.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The establishment wants to connect with people who are like them, and I wasn't. I'm a black gay man from a poor working-class family. Most of the people who look like me are in prison.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television. But while growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important.
- Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will always make films that champion outsiders, because I still feel like one, even though I'm now governor of the documentary branch of the Academy.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020