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.

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.

People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith.

The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the bushes.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.