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When you’re young, you sort of have an idea that this is how it’s always gonna be as a filmmaker. And then you have the ups and downs of trying to get your art created in an industry that doesn’t traditionally make films with you and people that look like you behind the camera.

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People come to L.A. and they expect to see a ghetto like the projects, but that’s not the way it’s set up. Inglewood, in particular, is the furthest thing from a ghetto. It’s a middle-class community, but it’s gotten a bad rap over the years… because of ‘Grand Canyon’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’ and other films.

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We’ll always be re-examining how we relate to each other in terms of race and gender, in terms of power and access.

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May 26, 2024

We’ll always be re-examining how we relate to each other in terms of race and gender, in terms of power and access.

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May 26, 2024

People come to L.A. and they expect to see a ghetto like the projects, but that’s not the way it’s set up. Inglewood, in particular, is the furthest thing from a ghetto. It’s a middle-class community, but it’s gotten a bad rap over the years… because of ‘Grand Canyon’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’ and other films.

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