When you are in the prayer room you forget about the outside world and fall into a Christian rock coma, and nothing else seems to matter.

That is what I was more drawn to - creating stories while changing and altering reality.

I'm not an activist at all. I'm a filmmaker, and I wanted the people involved to tell their own story.

Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes, which contain a moral guide that connects people.

Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very insulting to black Dutch people. It's shocking to me that it still exists, but I think it's about the lack of knowledge and education regarding the roots of the character in the slave trade.

American missionaries have free rein in Uganda. They can go anywhere they please - schools, hospitals, parliament.

I think many Dutch just don't know the history of Black Pete, that he is rooted in slavery, and how he was used to dehumanize a race of people. Once they realize this, many stop using this character, but those who continue are either in denial, insensitive or actually racists.