“There are filmmakers like me in different parts of the world that have a story they want to tell, and it's a story that comes out of a certain historical reality within their own life. Then you get committed all the way and however long it takes, stay very committed.” WorldWayWantLongDifferentStoriesRealityCertainHistoricalCommittedLike MeFilmmaker Author:Haile Gerima
“There's no other way but struggling, forging ahead to do the film.” WayFilmStruggleForgingForging Ahead Author:Haile Gerima
“I am not interested only in telling a story, but I want to tell it my way. I don't want my accent, my temperament, my narrative style to be compromised to fit into a mold of the Hollywood type.” WayWantStoriesStyleTypeFitHollywoodMy WayNarrativeNot InterestedAccentsTemperamentMold Author:Haile Gerima
“Most young people make films to be accepted, to be discovered, when in fact that was the last idea with the group I went to film school with. To be discovered was not our intention. Our intention was to tell our story our way, and make our own mistakes and learn from film to film.” PeopleWayIdeasFactsStoriesSchoolLastsFilmYoungMistakeGroupsIntentionAcceptedFilm School 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
