Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. Debbie Allen Read Quote
The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio. Debbie Allen Read Quote
In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time. Debbie Allen Read Quote
That’s the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don’t have to cover every scene. Debbie Allen Read Quote
It’s kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that’s the only way I know how to direct. Debbie Allen Read Quote
I got my dailies every day, although I couldn’t always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day’s shoot, both as an actress and as the director. Debbie Allen Read Quote
But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period. Debbie Allen Read Quote
I didn’t need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn’t look good in the camera or if the actors didn’t hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again? Debbie Allen Read Quote
There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work. Debbie Allen Read Quote
