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

To pretend like Hollywood is anything other than that is disingenuous. #OscarsSoWhite is trendy, but for women filmmakers and filmmakers of color, it's not a trend. This is our reality, and it's important that we do something to change it.

We're a new world and it's not pretty. It's going to be for the brave to figure out how to survive in this.

You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do that for people, I really do.

I think there are pieces of the film [Age Of Trump] that are even more emotionally resonant and more vital to talk about than ever.

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