All black women aren't sassy, loud, difficult, or subservient. We are, in fact, very complex and very diverse, living very complex and diverse lives. That point cannot be made enough.

It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

I want more girls to be able to see themselves behind the camera creating images we all enjoy, and I want to call attention to the fact that women directors are here all over the world.

I make films about black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a black man, doesn't mean that he can't see them as a white man or she can't see them as a white woman.

Every filmmaker imbues a movie with their own point of view.