Mel Gibson is my friend. I love Mel. He's not the person that I hear people are often trying to diminish. Whatever his challenges are in life, he still remains someone I'm very close to.

My Toussaint [Louverture] film is in limbo. We still hope after all this time that we can find another way to get this film done.

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

The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that's what the genesis of the Second Amendment is.

In The Black Power Mixtape , you hear the voice of Angela Davis - not someone playing Angela Davis.

The world is dealing with issues of immigration, deindustrialization, and poverty.

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.