Stop asking, start doing.

Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino.

I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black woman filmmaker.

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.

A lot of work was done with one of my best friends and editor, Spencer Averick, who's edited everything I've ever made from the very, very first documentaries; the very, very first films I made were docs, so we learned the form together.

If you have the ability to do something, you should do it.