One thing that you consistently see everywhere is that the poor and the under-represented are always the ones who are going to suffer the most and get the short end of the stick.

Is there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?

We're always trailing, as far as the amount of roles that are written for us and the films that are being made that have black characters in them. I don't know if that's going to change.

I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar against which you are judged, whether you want to align yourself with those themes or not. You can think of yourself as a colourless person, but nobody else is gonna.

I pray that our leaders stop pointing fingers and playing the blame game and seek a real solution for the good of the planet and all who inhabit it.

We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas.

I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.