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I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

I'm not going to be labeled a black filmmaker. I am not here to just tell black stories. I'm here to tell all kinds of stories, musicals and dramas.

It doesn't matter if it's black-and-white. If a movie has a story that is filled with emotion, you can have as much pleasure, and it's very good for cinema.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.

I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story.

Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.

Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest way to tell a story. It's about creating images that tell a story and you don't need dialogue for that.