Occupation: Television Director Birth: April 13, 1973
Toward the end of the film ['Life, Animated'] we see 'The Sidekicks Story,' and that is a story that Owen drew himself. We took that style, which is ….
The relationship between a director and an editor in documentaries is so important..
Someone told me once that I'm worse than a dog, I'm the scum of the earth, so for me it was draining..
Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very insulting to black Dutch ….
It is our stories [classic Disney films] that make us human - so Owen [Suskind] has become an expert in what connects us and makes us human. That got….
I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney ….
Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes, which contain a moral guide that connects ….
American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament..
They embrace them because they represent everything that America represents: money, power, and freedom. Why else would you see an old Ugandan woman r….
Symbolic racism is hurtful and it is especially hurtful to Black children who get called Black Pete in school and grow up with the sense that they ar….
[Zwarte Piet] is unfortunate, and just like the early American blackface films, if it offends a segment of the population, it shouldn't be shown agai….
I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, "This book says homosexuals should be killed.".
As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between a man and a woman will….
There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights..
While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality..
I'm not an activist at all. I'm a filmmaker, and I wanted the people involved to tell their own story..
I had full access to the material, and had a great relationship with Sean Bailey, the president of Disney productions. He really guided me through th….
Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it..
I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, "Why is my own church, my ow….
Racism was never acceptable to the people who suffer from it..
I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast in her society beca….