There is much institutionalized racism in The Netherlands and the non-White population is just now beginning to fight for their rights.

Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it.

The challenge and the goal was to get inside Owen's [Suskind] world, because I really wanted to see it through his point of view. To achieve that naturalism, I used a screen in front of a camera as I interviewed him

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.

Obviously it was an out of body experience to win an Academy Award.

While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.

I don't think we're getting the empathy, and identifying with the situations that many African Americans experience. That's the problem with how the story is being reported.