America is a different country, and it will forever be a different country, after the election of Donald Trump.
Justin SimienSometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back.
Justin SimienI love films from all these different points of views that used the idea of the school as a way to talk about the American experience. It took me a while to figure how to write a movie like that, because that's not something you learn at film school
Justin SimienThis film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how the mass culture responds to a person because of their race and who they understand themselves to truly be. And this societal conflict appears to be one that many share.
Justin Simien