American film director, screenwriter and producer known for films about racial justice and social movements.
When I film, I fight. I fight against oblivion, against inertia, against untruth. Cinema is a weapon.
Life leads you where you need to be. I did not choose cinema, cinema chose me.
Origin is an attempt to understand the roots of systemic oppression. You cannot heal what you do not understand.
If we control budgets, we control stories. And if we control stories, we control the future.
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, but did not end the story. It is simply a chapter in a book that continues.
To make a film, you must convince people of your vision. And this is harder than making the film itself.
Sometimes truth requires fiction. A feature film can reveal what a documentary cannot.