I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.
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There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.Spike Lee
Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.
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It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.
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I think black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back and let other people define our existence.
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To be fair, he did convert to Islam in prison and allegedly read the great works of Western literature. And though he failed to obtain his high school equivalency degree while spending three years behind bars, there were larger lessons to absorb at the Indiana Youth Center. You hope he's learned something, ... I think eventually he'll speak out against abuse to women.
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I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.
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