"I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such an awful, condescending movie that debases African participation, and anything I can do to shift that and draw attention to rich and widely varied films that come from there- because there's all kinds of filmmakers from Senegal, you have Mambety, and Haroun with Grigris."

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Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

Elvis Mitchell

#Crazy Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Surround yourself with positive people and situations, and avoid negativity.”
“Invincible is never how I felt, but optimistic... yes.”
“Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.”
“You can always become the person you would have liked to be.”
“A moment with Jesus changed everything.”

Source : Judah Smith (2014). “Jesus Is Student Edition: Discovering Who He Is Changes Who You Are”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Cherie, did the table do something I did not see or were you just attempting to teach it a lesson?" "I was imagining it was Evor." "Strange that they do not resemble each other." "I have a good imagination." "Ah, in that case, I do not suppose you are imagining I'm Brad Pitt?”
“I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.”
“For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Source : Jeri Smith-Ready (2010). “Shade”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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