American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone

My Grandmother Lived To Be 100 Years Old. Her Grandmother Was A Slave, Yet She Was A College Graduate In The Spellman Class Of 1917. She Taught Art For 50 Years And She Saved Her Social Security Checks For Her Children's Education.

I'm Very Careful About How I Portray Violence In My Films. I Do Believe That Violence, Especially Violent Video Games, Are Not A Good Thing For Young Kids.

We've Got To Turn This Backward Thinking Around Where Ignorance Is Championed Over Intelligence. Young Black Kids Being Ridiculed By Their Peers For Getting A's And Speaking Proper English: That's Criminal.

I Don't Get Tripped Up In Technology. I Use Technology As A Tool. 'oldboy' We Shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'da Blood Of Jesus,' We Shot Digitally. We Shot The New Sony F55. It's A 4k Camera.

I Didn't Dream About Being A Director. I Didn't Know I Wanted To Do Something With Film Until The Summer Between My Sophomore And Junior Years At Morris College In Atlanta, Georgia.