thesmithian:

“My wife told me…‘You’re defeating the purpose. Just talk about the movie,’” he [said]. The movie Lee was referring to is “Red Hook Summer,” his new film about a preacher and his grandson in a contemporary Brooklyn housing project…Lee said he’d prefer not to elaborate further on his belief about why studios couldn’t handle a black coming-of-age story. “I’m not here to condemn Hollywood—even if it may sound like that…”

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(Source: thesmithian)