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> [ I wanted to make sure the focus \[in The Land\] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to the urban environment that people associate as being black. I think I was able to make a film… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/i-wanted-to-make-sure-the-focus-in-the-land-was-on-human-beings/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

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## More by Steven Caple Jr

> [The subject matter itself lends itself to the black side because the kids are drug dealers and kids that are getting shot by police…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/the-subject-matter-itself-lends-itself-to-the-black-side-because-the/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

> [ Poor is the new black. So on this film \[The Land\], there are poor black people, but there are also poor Latinos, and poor… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/poor-is-the-new-black-so-on-this-film-the-land-there-are-poor-black/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

> [I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for that. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/i-think-we-re-used-to-the-black-filmmaker-coming-in-and-making-the/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

> [ I wanted to make sure the focus \[in The Land\] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to the urban… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/i-wanted-to-make-sure-the-focus-in-the-land-was-on-human-beings/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

> [We have our classic hood movies, right? Like "Boyz in the Hood." We have our classic conscious films like Spike Lee's "Do the Right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/we-have-our-classic-hood-movies-right-like-boyz-in-the-hood-we-have/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

> [I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/i-am-black-so-with-my-writing-and-my-voice-you-get-that-kind-of/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

> [ I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. \[There\] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this story to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/i-ve-been-with-the-project-for-like-three-years-creating-it-pushing/)

[Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/)

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