The studios aren't lining up to make films about black protagonists, black people being autonomous and independent.

I financed and made my own films from the start. My path has been autonomous and independent, so I don't have any horror stories about glass ceilings and expectations and tense studio meetings.

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.

We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film with black people in it - I've been told that in rooms, big rooms, studio rooms, and I know that's not true.

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 usually make films with $2 and a paper clip.