I Respect The Audience's Intelligence

Racism In America Absolutely Exists - It Is An Issue. We Need To Fix It. We're A Great Country - Probably The Greatest Country But We Could Be A Hell Of A Lot Greater.

I'm Not The Go-to Guy. Everybody Is Trying To Tell Their Story And Have Different Ways Of Telling It.

I Used The Principles Of Kickstarter To Make 'she's Gotta Have It.' We Filmed That In 1985 To 1986. The Final Cost Was $175,000. I Didn't Have That Money. It Was Friends, Grants, Donations. We Saved Our Bottles For The Nickel Deposit.

First Of All, What In This World Does Not Revolve Around Money? But Money Is A Big Part Of Film, Unlike A Lot Of Other Art Forms.

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?