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Disney v. DeSantis, Plus Allen Hughes on ’Dear Mama’ and His Filmmaking Career

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

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The Differences Between the Black and the White in the Film Industry

It seems like from directed movies that were specifically culturally focused to just Hollywood movies Johnny Johnny Depp isn't from hell. What was the difference in working on films like dead presidents and this society to when you guys brought that same artistic sense to movies that were a little bit more mainstream Hollywood? That's a great question. I think at the time we did from hell, I just didn't want, you know, in the film community, the business doesn't really respect black filmmakers as artists. They respect black musicians as artists because where did it come from? It's been like that's just beginning of music. So they know what it is. We're biracial kids. We've always

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