I Don't Think My Films Are Going

I Decided To Be A Filmmaker Between My Sophomore And Junior Years At Morehouse. Before I Left For The Summer Of 1977, My Advisor Told Me I Really Had To Declare A Major When I Came Back, Because I'd Used All My Electives In My First Two Years. I Went Back To New York And I Couldn't Find A Job. There Were None To Be Had. And That Previous Christmas Someone Gave Me A Super-8 Camera, So I Just Started To Shoot Stuff.

I'm Trying To Keep Up With What's Happening In This Turbulent World.

I Don't Think I'm A Total Pessimist, So I Think You Can Find Hope In All My Films.

I Don't Think Racism Can Be Eliminated In My Lifetime ... Or My Children's Or Grandchildren's. But I Think It's Something We Have To Strive For. I'm Going To Keep Working Toward That Day Coming.

If We Became Students Of Malcolm X, We Would Not Have Young Black Men Out There Killing Each Other Like They're Killing Each Other Now. Young Black Men Would Not Be Impregnating Young Black Women At The Rate Going On Now. We'd Not Have The Drugs We Have Now, Or The Alcoholism.