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As We Move Toward The Millennium, The Year 2000, The Most Powerful Nations Are Not Those That Have Nuclear Bombs, But Those That Control The Media. That's Where The Battle Is Being Fought; That Is How You Control People's Minds.

There's An Unwritten Law That You Cannot Have A Jewish Character In A Film Who Isn't 100 Percent Perfect, Or You're Labeled Anti-semitic.

It Gets Dangerous When You Start Allowing People To Validate Your Work.

I Used The Principles Of Kickstarter To Make 'she's Gotta Have It.' We Filmed That In 1985 To 1986. The Final Cost Was $175,000. I Didn't Have That Money. It Was Friends, Grants, Donations. We Saved Our Bottles For The Nickel Deposit.

I Mean, I Think There's A Lot Of Hope In My Work. I Don't Think I'm A Total Pessimist, So I Think You Can Find Hope In All My Films. Some More Than Others, But There's Definitely... I Think We Want To Convey The Feeling Of Hope With The Montage At The End.