Letβs Talk About Movies:
Black Female Film Director in Hollywood
Just Another Girl onΒ the I.R.T.Β (1993) directed byΒ Leslie Harris
βMy idea of success is not to go out and direct a film that has white charactersΒ in it. My vision of success is to go out and direct a film that has goodΒ characters in it and a story thatβs good.β
A Dry White Season (1989)Β directed byΒ Euzhan Palcy
βPeople say it is very difficult to do films. Yes. And more difficult when youΒ are a woman. Yes, that is true. But if a woman loves film, if a woman wantsΒ to be a director, she must fight hard, very hard, to do that, because I thinkΒ that women have another point of view, un autre regard, than men. It is veryΒ important, urgent, that women make movies.β
Letβs Talk About Sex (1998) directed byΒ Troy Beyer
βI think the main thing I hope everyone will realize is that, although we experienceΒ things in our life alone, weβre not alone in our experiences. As uniqueΒ and original as we may think they are, theyβre really quite universal.β
Eveβs Bayou (1997) directed byΒ Kasi Lemmons
βI wanted to create a piece that was visual and lyrical with characters speakingΒ in the rhythms that I remember from my childhoodβ¦ . since it was personalΒ β¦ I could be totally free with the questions I was asking myself β¦Β like: what is reality? What is the nature of memory?β
I Like It Like ThatΒ (1994)Β directed by Darnell Martin
βI love directing, but I hate the business end; hateβs not even a strong enoughΒ wordβ¦ . Studios are very important, they buy and sell films, but theyβre notΒ filmmakersβ¦ . I donβt like it when executives tell me, ββIβve made a numberΒ of successful films.ββ If they havenβt made your film, they canβt help you.β
Down in the Delta (1998)Β directed byΒ Maya Angelou
βI spoke to the cast and crew and said: ββThis is your world. I write books. IfΒ you see something you donβt think is right, call me aside in private, take aΒ walk with me and tell me. And I will do the same thing with you.ββ
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