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It was a fairly organic process for me. I don't think any of us working on the film – Chris included – were interested in making a filmed stage play. A lot of films based on plays are really brilliant, but there are a lot that don't work. I think this play had a sense of movement, a visual sense to
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I've had so many people in the business tell me that people here and abroad do not want to watch serious films about people of color. It’s really fucked up. I think it’s changing...because people, real moviegoers, are sort of starved to see their lives reflected back to them in the
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