I'll Be Vilified If I Shoot A

We’ve Gone Through The Names—negro, African American, African, Black. For Me That’s An Indication Of A People Still Trying To Find Their Identity. Who Determines What Is Black?

I'm Just Trying To Tell A Good Story And Make Thought-provoking, Entertaining Films. I Just Try And Draw Upon The Great Culture We Have As A People, From Music, Novels, The Streets.

I Knew I Was Never Going To Play Professional Sport, But I Loved Playing And I Went To All The Games I Could Afford To.

Any Film I Do Is Not Going To Change The Way Black Women Have Been Portrayed, Or Black People Have Been Portrayed, In Cinema Since The Days Of D.w. Griffith.

It Has Been My Observation That Parents Kill More Dreams Than Anybody.