Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I view myself as a male artist.
When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.
My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.
It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film.
There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and that's really great.
I never had a desire to be a filmmaker. As a child and a teenager and in college, I was not aware of black women making films.
When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.
I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.
There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can.
I really think of myself just as a filmmaker.