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As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them.

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

But out of limitations comes creativity.

Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.

It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.

I'm always moving forward.

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be ... I want this look.

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.

I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table.

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.

But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.

Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes.

The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.