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Whenever I tell people I’m from Miami, they always ask me about the beach. But I can count on one hand the times I went there as a kid.

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I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn’t have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.

I didn’t really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee’s movies, I would think, ‘Where is a place for me?’ We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.

April 23, 2024

I didn’t really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee’s movies, I would think, ‘Where is a place for me?’ We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.

April 23, 2024

Whenever I tell people I’m from Miami, they always ask me about the beach. But I can count on one hand the times I went there as a kid.

Barry Jenkins

Other Quote

I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn’t have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.

I didn’t really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee’s movies, I would think, ‘Where is a place for me?’ We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.

I didn’t really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee’s movies, I would think, ‘Where is a place for me?’ We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.

I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn’t have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.

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