My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the 60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.

We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the 60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.