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You gotta call it out first; it always has to be called out when we need social change, but this is how social change happens: you call it out. People had to call out child labor. People had to call out, 'Hey time's up; we need to vote. We live in this country.' People had to call out 'time's up' on enslaving people, you know.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Always Call Change Child Child Labor Country First Gotta Had Happens Hey How Know Labor Live Need Out People Social Social Change Time Up Vote You

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It's funny: your happiness is contingent on a bigger picture besides just yourself.

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Topics: Besides Bigger Bigger Picture Contingent Funny Happiness Just Picture Your Yourself

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We need cultural awareness and a cooperative approach with other countries versus a dominating approach.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Approach Awareness Cooperative Countries Cultural Dominating Need Other Other Countries Versus

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I'm reaching for emotion and drama, the drama of the everyday: what happens when you don't have shelter, food, and clothing. There are some stakes. If you're displaced or evicted, there's a suspense: How will you solve that?

~Debra Granik

Topics: Clothing Displaced Drama Emotion Everyday Food Happens How Reaching Shelter Solve Some Stakes Suspense Will You

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The questions that loom can be intimidating. 'What kind of moves is she gonna make? What is she gonna do?' There is this pressure that you're supposed to keep impressing.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Gonna Intimidating Keep Kind Loom Make Moves Pressure Questions She Supposed You

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People need meeting places. You need places where ideas get exchanged and you see each other's faces once in a while.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Each Faces Get Ideas Meeting Need Once Other People Places See Where While You

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There is a porous membrane between a documentary that doesn't use interviews and what you would call a neorealist hybrid film.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Between Call Documentary Film Hybrid Interviews Use Would You

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Some people have these small, positive schemes for survival, a kind of strength that I am attracted to, maybe because I'm prone to the blues.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Am Attracted Because Blues Kind Maybe People Positive Prone Schemes Small Some Some People Strength Survival I Am

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Festivals are where I see other peoples' films, where we talk, where I get to learn what was working about the film, I get to have a discussion with viewers... and people who enjoy reading films - I enjoy reading other peoples' films, and what discussions can come of that.

~Debra Granik

Topics: About Come Discussion Discussions Enjoy Festivals Film Films Get Learn Other People Reading See Talk Viewers Where Who Working I See

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Time's up on cheesy, lesser, boring roles for females in the stories that we try to tell.

~Debra Granik

Topics: Boring Cheesy Females Lesser Roles Stories Tell Time Try Up

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 6th, 1963

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