Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience. ↗
The amazing thing is that I'm sane. I'm not bitter. I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My children don't hate me. ↗
Raising myself and caring for my brothers and sisters allowed me the benefit of a lot of information that I wouldn't have otherwise gotten. I had to be frugal, thoughtful, resourceful. I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'You can't.' ↗
It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are. ↗
I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That's how I live my life. ↗