If the characters [in a movie] aren't real, if their lives aren't realistic, if you call bullshit at any point in their journey, then the rest of it is invalid.
I love films from all these different points of views that used the idea of the school as a way to talk about the American experience. It took me a w… - Justin Simien
I love films from all these different points of views that used the idea of the school as a way to talk about the American experience. It took me a w…
- Justin Simien
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how the mass culture r… - Justin Simien
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how the mass culture r…
Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back. - Justin Simien
Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back.
What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums … - Justin Simien
What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums …
I love being entertained sure, but the movies that I live for, the movies that I buy and think about and stay in my mind are the movies that entertai… - Justin Simien
I love being entertained sure, but the movies that I live for, the movies that I buy and think about and stay in my mind are the movies that entertai…
Racism is wrong, racism is very dangerous. - Justin Simien
Racism is wrong, racism is very dangerous.
As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basi… - Justin Simien
As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basi…
America is a different country, and it will forever be a different country, after the election of Donald Trump. - Justin Simien
America is a different country, and it will forever be a different country, after the election of Donald Trump.
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those things so it is frustrating to a degree to be … - Justin Simien
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those things so it is frustrating to a degree to be …
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