“We're trying to tell stories. We're a company that's concerned with global change and the effect of global cinema. We're not simply tied to the very limiting framework of U.S. film-making.” TryingStoriesFilmCompanyEffectsConcernedCinemaTiedFramework Author:Danny Glover
“My Toussaint [Louverture] film is in limbo. We still hope after all this time that we can find another way to get this film done.” WayStillsDoneFilmAnother WayLimbo Author:Danny Glover
“There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New Orleans, or something like Soundtrack for a Revolution, about the power of the music of the civil rights movement [which he executive produced in 2009]. Or Bamako, about the African debt crisis, a platform to discuss the experience of people who actually live it. All of these are important ways we can use film as a forum inviting people into a dialogue.” PeopleWayImportantUseFilmWaterRightsTroubleMovementRevolutionCrisisExcitedDebtDialogueCivil RightsExecutivesPlatformsDocumentariesNew OrleansCivil Rights MovementInvitingSoundtracksForumsDebt Crisis Author:Danny Glover
“I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.” AbleFilmSpiritualityCommunitySleepPowerfulHappenedAngerAfrican AmericanVery PowerfulSmall Communities Author:Danny Glover
“Some of these things I saw in foreign films - African films, Cuban films - long before I decided to really go on this course as an actor. I started to think about what values I saw in those films that I wanted to bring to my projects” ThinkingLongWantedFilmValuesCoursesActorsSawsGoes OnProjectsDecidedCuban Author:Danny Glover
