“First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True Lies.' Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it, but actually subverts assumptions. 'Smashes' stereotypes. That's where I've come into the game.” FirstsLyingGamesStuffBlackMiddleMastersDrugEastTerroristAssumptionStereotypeEasternAsianDealerTerrainKung FuDrug DealersTrue Lies Author:Riz Ahmed
“My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into our community to open up the public schools to black kids.” StillsKidsSchoolRememberParentBlackCommunityPoorLawyerShoreEasternRemember WhenPublic SchoolOur CommunityRural Communities Author:Bryan Stevenson
“The white face of the winter day came sluggishly on, veiled in a frosty mist; and the shadowy ships in the river slowly changed to black substances; and the sun, blood-red on the eastern marshes behind dark masts and yards, seemed filled with the ruins of a forest it had set on fire.” FacesBlackNatureDarkWhiteBehindsSunFireBloodChangedRedRiversFilledWinterForestsShipsRuinsSubstanceYardsEasternMistMarshesMastsWinter Days Book:Our Mutual Friend Source: Our Mutual Friend
“My film is very simple: An Eastern European story full of black humor about things everyone can feel and understand.” FeelsStoriesFilmBlackSimpleEasternBlack Humor Author:Malgorzata Szumowska