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A black character is much more than just a black character; he's a character, period. So show the world as it is. Even with all your artistic license, you make a political choice.

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When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you see yourself as a human being in the world, but you raise discussion and raise aggression, the anger that you confront every day of your life, whether you want to or not.

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You face the reality, whether it's hopeful or hopeless. What's your alternative? To lie down and die?

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Sometimes people ask me, 'Are you an optimist or a pessimist?' It doesn't matter. Whether I have a future or not is for me to decide.

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I refuse to make films where the audience comes for consumption. I make films where you know you are also part of the process.

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I have been skeptical, sometimes, about the importance of rap music, which I think is a capitalistic project to make money.

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I can't tell a story just by deciding to tell a story, do it in a didactic way. I need to have my own emotion, to feel, 'Wow, there is something I can discover, I can create.'

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I have to make sure, when you start seeing a film, you are going to see it until the end. I have to, of course, entertain you a little bit. The real question is how far do I go?

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When I started this profession, I wanted to make films that entertain but that have content. When I went to film school, they made me believe that the two could not mix.

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People don't realize how black people, minorities, women as well, all their lives, they have had to make the effort to understand everybody else. All my life, I've known American culture very well. I probably know American literature more than the average American.

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Biography

Nationality: Haitian

Type: Director

Born: Unknown

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