To really talk about African story, and teach this story, you have to teach that tribes were actually nations. You have to teach that chiefs were actually kings, with kingdoms. You have to teach that there was a structure that worked in Africa prior to colonialism. You have to teach that countries were colonized that were doing fine by themselves. And that's uncomfortable.
Don't take no as a full stop, treat it like a comma. - Amma Asante
Don't take no as a full stop, treat it like a comma.
- Amma Asante
Sitting in the back row of a full audience watching one of my movies, and hearing them cry and hearing them laugh in the right moments, particularly … - Amma Asante
Sitting in the back row of a full audience watching one of my movies, and hearing them cry and hearing them laugh in the right moments, particularly …
When I look in the mirror I see the woman I knew I wanted to be as a child. When I was a young girl, I had a vision of the woman I wanted to be. And … - Amma Asante
When I look in the mirror I see the woman I knew I wanted to be as a child. When I was a young girl, I had a vision of the woman I wanted to be. And …
I was lucky enough to date my first love for five years. We had a very romantic, very dramatic teenage love affair. And it has impacted me because I … - Amma Asante
I was lucky enough to date my first love for five years. We had a very romantic, very dramatic teenage love affair. And it has impacted me because I …
As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the c… - Amma Asante
As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the c…
I'm a girl, and I celebrate being a girl, and it was really important to me to celebrate the beauty that I could create in a movie like the one I did… - Amma Asante
I'm a girl, and I celebrate being a girl, and it was really important to me to celebrate the beauty that I could create in a movie like the one I did…
The key quality all successful people share is the ability to inspire, to transfer our passion to other people and to bring them along with us in pur… - Amma Asante
The key quality all successful people share is the ability to inspire, to transfer our passion to other people and to bring them along with us in pur…
What is right can never be impossible. - Amma Asante
What is right can never be impossible.
What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes that were relevant to both men and women. I act… - Amma Asante
What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes that were relevant to both men and women. I act…
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