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• ‟ I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.

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• ‟ For me, I actively look for projects that showcase people of color.

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• ‟ I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can have here, which can stop them scaling the heights.

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• ‟ I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that are not going to be inclusive of what I have to offer.

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• ‟ In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are stories that depict us in a way that isn't cliched or niche, and that a white person, a Chinese person, an Indian person can watch and relate to. Those are the stories I want to be a part of telling.

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• ‟ People in the industry thought it was laughable that I should be going up for things that didn't clearly state what race the part was intended for.

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