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I think great movies do promote conversation, great movies are honest, and great movies are sometimes polarizing.

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I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I’m black. It’s not necessarily someone’s specific attitude against me; it’s just the fact that I, as a black man, have a much harder time making an art-house movie and getting it released than a white person does about their very white point of view. That’s racism.

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Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.

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May 3, 2024

Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized.

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May 3, 2024

I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I’m black. It’s not necessarily someone’s specific attitude against me; it’s just the fact that I, as a black man, have a much harder time making an art-house movie and getting it released than a white person does about their very white point of view. That’s racism.

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