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I'm definitely drawn to stories about outsiders. Feeling like that myself as a gay black man, I often seek to give a voice to those in the world who don't have one.

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I want to look at the community I came from and what role incarceration has played there.

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I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?'

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What is so attractive about Uganda for missionaries is that they have free rein. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, the parliament.

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Gay Africans must speak up and let everyone know they are there, they have always been there, and that they are not going away.

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I went to church every Sunday and sang in the choir. But for all that the church gave me - for all that it represented belonging, love and community - it also shut its doors to me as a gay person. That experience left me with the lifelong desire to explore the power of religion to transform lives or destroy them.

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The American evangelical movement in Africa does valuable work in helping the poor.

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It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.

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I'm a recovering journalist, I should say.

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I love 'Jungle Book' and all the classics growing up, but what I learned about this is that these Disney films are basically classic fables that have been told for thousands of years.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: September 16th, 1973

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