One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country America.

I have the capacity to express what I feel needs to be expressed. And I try to do what I believe in.

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.

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

The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist

Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of this whole culture of accumulation and consumption. Black people are caught up in it, white people are caught up in it, white actors, black actors, female actresses - everybody's caught up in it.