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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 Am Trying To Stay Away From This Position Of Me "returning To My Roots." As If My Roots Are That I'm Only Comfortable Working On Low-budget, Small Films. That's Not The Case At All.

I've Always Tried To - When I've Been Able To - Support Young Artists, No Matter What Medium.

Making Films Has Got To Be One Of The Hardest Endeavors Known To Humankind.

American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them.