I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world.

I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and junior years at Morris College in Atlanta, Georgia.

First of all, what in this world does not revolve around money? But money is a big part of film, unlike a lot of other art forms.

This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.

Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.

There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic.