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Justin Simien
Justin Simien
American Director
Born: May 7, 1983
Black People Think Time White You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others. Justin Simien
Others Ourselves Empathy Reveal Stories Us Teach Skins
I think art is much more valuable when it's honest. If it's not honest, it's just propaganda. Justin Simien
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I thought I was depressed because I wasn't a writer/director. I moved into a space where I'm a writer/director, my movie is a hit at Sundance, I have a wonderful, loving boyfriend, and wow, I have financial stability. Why can't I get out of bed still? Justin Simien
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Shows like 'Empire'... one of the most profound powerful things is that there's a gay male character who is loved. That character is going to save a lot of people's lives. Black families are confronting the idea that a gay black character can be human. Justin Simien
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I remember distinctly not seeing myself. I didn't see myself in black culture, white culture, mass culture. Justin Simien
Myself Culture Remember Black White See Seeing Mass
For me it's just, I have too many ideas, man. It's a problem, actually. Justin Simien
Me Man Problem Too Ideas Just Many Actually
I think we are aware that post-racialism isn't real, right? I mean, I hope so. I kind of joke that we're post-post-racial. Justin Simien
Hope Joke Think Kind Real Mean Aware Right
The downside of doing a multi-protagonist movie is that you don't get to service each character as you would if they were the central protagonist of the movie. Justin Simien
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Shonda Rhimes has figured it out, of getting multiracial casts on television and appealing to everybody. Justin Simien
Everybody Television Out Casts Getting Figured Appealing
Everyone is very aware that, not only do we have a race problem, but it's so pervasive that it affects national and global politics on a scale that I don't think a lot of people imagined. Justin Simien
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One of the things that I love about Robert Altman's movies is that, really, a Robert Altman movie is just a bunch of short films about various people told at the same time. Justin Simien
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It's not new to attempt to vilify the minority that speaks about their oppression. That's not a new thing. Justin Simien
Oppression Minority About Attempt New New Thing Speaks Vilify Thing
As much as I'd love to believe that we are 'post-racial' - an idea that really gained traction after the election of Barack Obama in 2008 - I can never escape the fact that in the world I am perceived as a 'black man' and, in certain parts of the world, as a 'black gay man.' Justin Simien
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I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I'm black. It's not necessarily someone's specific attitude against me; it's just the fact that I, as a black man, have a much harder time making an art-house movie and getting it released than a white person does about their very white point of view. That's racism. Justin Simien
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I think great movies do promote conversation, great movies are honest, and great movies are sometimes polarizing. Justin Simien
Great Conversation Sometimes Think Promote Polarizing Movies Honest
I never liked 'Donnie Darko' quite as much as my film school peers. Justin Simien
School Peers Never Liked Quite Much Film Film School
I saw 'Beauty and the Beast' at eight years old in theatres and spent hours trying to recreate the majestic imagery of that story in a drawing notepad at home. Justin Simien
Home Old Beast Beauty Saw Spent Drawing Recreate Majestic Hours Years Trying Eight Story Imagery
The Black Lives Matter movement has spawned all kinds of activism. Justin Simien
Matter Black Kinds Movement Spawned Activism Lives
I talk about being a 'what' to people. Like, being gay in mainstream society is a different kind of 'what' than being black. They don't always jive. It's confusing and leads to these really awkward personal stories that have just been in me for awhile. Justin Simien
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You watch 'Malcolm X,' and then Netflix recommends 'B.A.P.S.,' and you're like, 'What? Those movies have absolutely nothing to do with each other, but OK.' They don't recommend other historical biopics - it's 'B.A.P.S.' and 'Ghost Dad.' Justin Simien
You Nothing Other Ghost Those OK Recommend Netflix Absolutely Absolutely Nothing Like Malcolm Malcolm X Historical Movies Then Each Dad Watch
I have different privileges because I am a man, and I have to acknowledge that and realize that another person of color who is also a woman is having a different experience than I am. Justin Simien
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There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with our pain. And listen, there have been some excellent films made in that vein, and there are some painful parts of black history that should be explored, but it is kind of weird that only those films bubble up to the surface. Justin Simien
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It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall black guy walking down the street. That is frustrating. Justin Simien
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Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without being moralized. Justin Simien
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I've been taught through life experience that, like, I'd better open my mouth and quickly define myself in a new space and with new people because, if I don't, I will be defined. Justin Simien
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Hip-hop isn't dead by any means, but it's not something I define my black identity with. Justin Simien
Black Define Something Dead Identity Hip-Hop Any Means
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