We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to us to create our own audien….

I was talking to Shonda Rhimes the other day and I said, "I. Do. Not. Know. How. You. Do. This." While we're writing episode 10, episode 6 is shootin….

I think there are pieces of the film [Age Of Trump] that are even more emotionally resonant and more vital to talk about than ever..

When you're in your lane, there's no traffic..

[ Age Of Trump] was something that I really wanted to do, and I also really wanted it to feel evergreen, so we made a lot of attempts not to bog it d….

I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed..

I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close….

As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m interested in the l….

Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it..

I always find it fascinating to ask people, why they've chosen to live their life as an artist? Why be an actor, a singer, an author, a filmmaker? I'….

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible..

I make films about Black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a Black man, doesn't mean that he can't see them as a white man or she ….

I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults..

Working full-time as a filmmaker has been a dream come true..

I tell the stories that are of interest to me..

The fact that's why the prisons and stock in private prisons rose the very day after the election results [for Donald Trump] were announced. The fact….

As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive..

I think it's a wonderful time to be a black woman who makes films. It's a good time to be an artist period. Traditional models of making and consumin….

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself..

My parents [are my hero]. They've helped me be who I am..

I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist..