I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.

I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.

I remember when Langston Hughes used to write a column in black newspapers around this character Jesse B. Semple. He always used that as a voice, sometimes in comic ways, of having everyday people's voice come through this common folk hero, who was an ordinary working guy. He would talk about anything from police brutality to the Korean War. Those kinds of expression and identification are no longer prevalent in our popular culture.

The Black Power Mixtape is a documentary, first of all. It brings us closer to the voices we heard at that particular point in time.

It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement.

If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.

It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.