I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for that. It's funny because amongst my filmmaker friends talk about this.
The subject matter itself lends itself to the black side because the kids are drug dealers and kids that are getting shot by police and getting shot … - Steven Caple Jr.
The subject matter itself lends itself to the black side because the kids are drug dealers and kids that are getting shot by police and getting shot …
- Steven Caple Jr.
I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect. - Steven Caple Jr.
I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect.
I wanted to make sure the focus [in The Land] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to the urban environment that p… - Steven Caple Jr.
I wanted to make sure the focus [in The Land] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to the urban environment that p…
I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for that. It's f… - Steven Caple Jr.
I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for that. It's f…
Poor is the new black. So on this film [The Land], there are poor black people, but there are also poor Latinos, and poor white people as well. - Steven Caple Jr.
Poor is the new black. So on this film [The Land], there are poor black people, but there are also poor Latinos, and poor white people as well.
I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. [There] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this story to people. … - Steven Caple Jr.
I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. [There] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this story to people. …
We have our classic hood movies, right? Like "Boyz in the Hood." We have our classic conscious films like Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," or "Stand… - Steven Caple Jr.
We have our classic hood movies, right? Like "Boyz in the Hood." We have our classic conscious films like Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," or "Stand…
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