Being in a group is a way to actually to speak up, and define yourself in the comfort, and the complexity of the group.

I think all movies are political. The ones that are not political intentionally are the worst, and have the worst politics, I think.

Being in a group is a way to actually to speak up, and define yourself in the comfort, and the complexity of the group.

I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.

I mean, putting women in the center of a movie and not talking about men, that's already political, right? And you know, political doesn't mean that it sends this message or that is has a statement. It's also political in its aesthetic project.

Obviously, I can't tell the story of what it is to be a black girl, but maybe I can tell something else. Girlhood is not about what it's like to be a black girl, it's about what it's like to be a girl.

I intentionally leave adults out in my stories, not to say that they're not in charge or that they don't care, or that they're failing at what they do. Not at all. It's two things: It's a way to be true to what adolescence feels like, because, okay, your parents may be around, but you still don't want them to be around. What you go through, you go through alone, I think.