It would be extraordinary for [the American] film culture to unravel slavery but it doesn`t. People are afraid to deal with it. There is no framework for people to unravel it.
When you`ve moved past a point where you`re just scrambling for jobs, you think about the things that you want to do. And the things that you want to do are governed by what you`ve seen, what you choose to embrace.
The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist.
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Every day of my life I walk with the idea I am black no matter how successful I am.
