Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it.

Historically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people.

Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films.

I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?

I think it's a wonderful time to be a black woman who makes films. It's a good time to be an artist period. Traditional models of making and consuming art are breaking down and being rebuilt. I find that to be incredibly exciting as a filmmaker and film marketer.

If you're doing something outside of dominant culture there's not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.

I did not have any problem with speaking up because my mother, my family, my grandmother, my aunt - I grew up in a family dominated by women - always encouraged me to do so. And if a girl is unafraid, then the world is her oyster.