00:00When we are honest and truthful with the art, and we speak to our humanity as black people,
00:05it becomes universal. And it's no longer a black movie, it's a human story. And that's what I know
00:12that we created, because when white folks in the Midwest give us two standing ovations,
00:18this movie has legs. And to that end, we are going to release this in theaters on November 15th.
00:25So we need you guys to spread the word, 100% fully financed by my husband and me.
00:34We are self-distributing this because, I kid you not, we took it to the studios and they told us,
00:42oh, you don't have enough star power in your movie. I am tired of them. They don't speak for us.
00:49Some black filmmakers don't speak for us. Don't make me name names, okay?
00:55She will.
00:55In private. But we have to harness our own images.
01:01We have to harness our own stories. Because when other people do that, they are harnessing our power.
01:09So this is my endeavor, to do this in love with my friends,
01:16to see what's possible if we could just do this ourselves.
01:25We have to harness our own stories.
01:27We have to harness our own stories.
01:29We have to harness our own stories.
01:30We have to harness our own stories.
01:31We have to harness our own stories.
01:32We have to harness our own stories.
01:33We have to harness our own stories.
01:34We have to harness our own stories.
01:35We have to harness our own stories.
01:36We have to harness our own stories.
01:37We have to harness our own stories.
01:38We have to harness our own stories.
01:39We have to harness our own stories.
01:40We have to harness our own stories.
01:41We have to harness our own stories.
01:42We have to harness our own stories.
01:43We have to harness our own stories.
01:44We have to harness our own stories.
01:45We have to harness our own stories.
01:46We have to harness our own stories.
01:47We have to harness our own stories.
01:48We have to harness our own stories.
