But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.

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.

But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.

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

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

We live in a climate of fear, and because of this whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion.

Kids made fun of me because I was dark skinned, had a wide nose, and was dyslexic. Even as an actor, it took me a long time to realize why words and letters got jumbled in my mind and came out differently.