There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make it happen - or you think, ….

My first decade of living in a metropolis was like, I was a people watcher. It meant the world to me to talk to strangers. I got excited about the fi….

Sometimes I wonder about the people who can do very reflective work about their own ethnic group or their own families, or comedies that take place i….

We all have to acknowledge the life and the path we were born into. And the things that define us, they're often somewhat narrow: our class, our race….

There are sayings and mantras that sometimes occur in filmmaking discussions, and one of them is that sometimes filmmaking is an olive branch or a re….

Sometimes a rural life - without agricultural culture, community, or land - it means that you're a very long drive from everything. It's a big cultur….

I grew up in a suburban situation and I was constantly looking for the central, the town. I grew up craving. "Where's the town? Where's the people?" ….

With material wealth and in a culture where many of us defines our self-worth by what we have and what we own and what we achieve, it's very hard to ….

I think when you practice photography or observation, you're on high alert. You polish up your antenna and stick up your head, and you're out there. ….

I worry an awful lot about people and how they're faring. When I worry about people, whether their job is squashing their spirit, pushing them into a….