“A lot of those old ideas are dying with the people who created them, and there's this new generation of filmmaker that's saying, "We're in this together, these are issues that we all deal with, let's just present issues to screen without bias and figure out what the audience has to say about them."” PeopleIdeasTogetherDealsAudienceIssuesGenerationsDyingFiguresScreensFilmmakerBiasNew GenerationOld Ideas Author:Nate Parker
“Sometimes little things can prolong an experience in a way that you run over budget. It's very scientific; a lot of people don't understand the science that goes behind making a film.” PeopleWayLittlesSometimesRunningFilmBehindsBudgetsLittle Things Author:Nate Parker
“Self-esteem and identity are very fragile things. I think a lot of times, those are the motivations for why people do take their own lives - not being seen, not being recognized, not being loved, not feeling supported, not feeling understood.” PeopleThinkingSelfFeelingsMotivationSelf EsteemIdentityUnderstoodEsteemFragileBeing LovedFragile Things Author:Nate Parker
“It's therapy. [people] say true healing requires honest confrontation, and that can be seen on a macro scale with America and the things that have been swept under the rug, whether it be with the native Americans or slavery, or whatever holocaust that's happened on this soil.” PeopleHas BeensAmericaHealingHappenedHonestSlaveryScalesTherapySoilNativeHolocaustNative AmericanConfrontationMacro Author:Nate Parker
“I believe in hiring people to do their jobs.I want to hire an editor.They say you make a movie three times: when you write it, when you direct it, and when you edit it. So I have three shots to get it right!” PeopleWantWritingBelieveJobsThreeI BelieveShotsDirectI Believe InEditorsThree TimesHiringEdits Author:Nate Parker
“Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate.” PeopleSelfFormHateBlackWho We AreBlack PeopleInferiorsIdentifyingSelf Hate Author:Nate Parker
“I want young people to ask me if I'm serious. Our young people have been lied to and misled for so long. When I stand on this soapbox, I want young people to ask me that because once they know I'm serious, they'll be willing to ride with me.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLongHas BeensYoungAsksWillingSeriousAsk MeI Want YouLiedMisledSoapbox Author:Nate Parker
“The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then all of sudden you have something to protect.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenMeanKidsCrazyEffectsProtectMarriedDefinitionsMasculinityBe A ManHyperCrazy Things Author:Nate Parker
“Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone...” PeopleIfsThinkingRacismHomophobia Author:Nate Parker
“We kind of reduce our responsibility to not saying the N-word and to condemning the Klansmen, rather than saying many of our celebrated institutions are systemically racist. Many of our institutions that deal with law enforcement or controlling the bodies of Black people are systemically racist. Many of our educational institutions are systemically racist. Many of our corporate institutions are systemically racist. We don't have those conversations, so things don't change.” PeopleKindBlackResponsibilityEducationalRacistBlack PeopleLaw Enforcement Author:Nate Parker
“We have such a knee-jerk reaction to our young people, not recognizing our young people carry the torch. We condemn them for their hats worn a certain way or their hoodie worn a certain way, or their pants sagging a certain way, but the reality is, we need to meet them where they stand. We need to arm them with what they need to fight, and then we need to get the hell out the way and let them lead. That is something that is not happening in our communities.” PeopleRealityFightingCommunityHell Author:Nate Parker
“Any movement that has been successful in this country for Black liberation has included old and young, men and women, and people not of color that understand their superiority complex, that understand White supremacy, and that internalize that, sort that out, and heal from that in order that they might help, because there are some people of color that are not on our side.” PeopleMenCountryHelpingBlackSuccessfulMen And WomenHealLiberationSuperiorityWhite Supremacy Author:Nate Parker
