If you think about black art, all black art, whether it's Invisible Man or whether it's James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Zora Hurston, or Richard Wright, they all deal with elements of identity and trying to humanize our experience and our struggle in the world where people have been indifferent to who we are and what we are. It's basically just saying that our lives have meaning.
The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one. - Cheo Hodari Coker
The Academy Awards for people in Hollywood is like the Super Bowl, the presidential inauguration and winning the NBA championship rolled up into one.
- Cheo Hodari Coker
Harlem is filled with moments of history. - Cheo Hodari Coker
Harlem is filled with moments of history.
One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling. - Cheo Hodari Coker
One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling.
That's one thing that you notice in New York that you don't notice in LA is how much music is all over the place. - Cheo Hodari Coker
That's one thing that you notice in New York that you don't notice in LA is how much music is all over the place.
I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because, on one hand, "Moonli… - Cheo Hodari Coker
I've just never seen a live event [like Oscar] where the emotional swings - it was just stunning.And it was interesting because, on one hand, "Moonli…
The only thing I can worry about is my swimming pool and keeping the leaves out of my swimming pool. I can't worry about what's happened to my neighb… - Cheo Hodari Coker
The only thing I can worry about is my swimming pool and keeping the leaves out of my swimming pool. I can't worry about what's happened to my neighb…
The one thing you'll notice when you're walking through Harlem is every single passing car is playing different music and there's also music that's b… - Cheo Hodari Coker
The one thing you'll notice when you're walking through Harlem is every single passing car is playing different music and there's also music that's b…
One picture and one win cannot right a million wrongs. It's a step in the right direction.We have to get to a point where a movie like "Moonlight" wi… - Cheo Hodari Coker
One picture and one win cannot right a million wrongs. It's a step in the right direction.We have to get to a point where a movie like "Moonlight" wi…
I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is that it is the … - Cheo Hodari Coker
I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is that it is the …
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