I Don't Think My Films Are Going

I Didn't Dream About Being A Director. I Didn't Know I Wanted To Do Something With Film Until The Summer Between My Sophomore And Junior Years At Morris College In Atlanta, Georgia.

'she's Gotta Have It' Was Shot In Twelve Days And Two Six-day Weeks.

My Cousin Malcolm Lee Is Also A Filmmaker.

I Decided To Be A Filmmaker Between My Sophomore And Junior Years At Morehouse. Before I Left For The Summer Of 1977, My Advisor Told Me I Really Had To Declare A Major When I Came Back, Because I'd Used All My Electives In My First Two Years. I Went Back To New York And I Couldn't Find A Job. There Were None To Be Had. And That Previous Christmas Someone Gave Me A Super-8 Camera, So I Just Started To Shoot Stuff.

I Don't Like To Use The Word 'remake', I Think Reinterpretation Is A Better Word. It's Just A Matter Of Respecting The Source, And Then Trying To Make Your Own Film, And Trying Not To Be Inhibited By Being So Beholden To Every Single Thing... We Respect The Source, But We Make Changes To It.