“I'm organizing documentary films, and whenever scriptwriting gets too tedious I go to my editing room and start to edit the documentary, even if I don't have the full funding yet. So you have to keep yourself busy, you have to like the subject matter.” IfsMatterFilmRoomsSubjectsBusyEditingDocumentariesFundingSubject MatterEditsTediousDocumentary Films Author:Haile Gerima
“The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It's like affirmative action - once a year, one is recognized. But what has to occur is self-emergence so if they ignore you, you don't have to disappear.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsSelfActionBlackKnow HowPicksDisappearBlack PeopleCherriesEmergenceAffirmative ActionAffirmativeYear One Author:Haile Gerima
“If you never did anything for your own freedom, you're not worth a human being in my view.” IfsHumansHuman BeingsViews Author:Haile Gerima
“You have to keep yourself busy, you have to like the subject matter. If you do it for other causes, other reasons, it doesn't hold you for a long time. There's no other way but struggling, forging ahead to do the film.” IfsWayLongMatterReasonFilmCausesStruggleSubjectsLong TimeBusySubject MatterForgingForging Ahead Author:Haile Gerima
