Black Quote by Steven Caple Jr Download Open image “I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect.” — Steven Caple Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black Writing Dialect Kind Voice Voice Kind Writing Writing voice
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The subject matter itself lends itself to the black side because the kids are drug dealers and kids that are getting shot by police… — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
Poor is the new black. So on this film [The Land], there are poor black people, but there are also poor Latinos, and poor… — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
I wanted to make sure the focus [in The Land] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to the urban… — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
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![“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 Thing," or "Stand By Me." Even beyond Coogler, there are black films that are just voices. So the intention behind this ["The Land"] was to capture today's.” quote by Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a5d/steven-caple-jr-49791_behinds_we-have-our-classic-hood-movies-right-li_2504300.jpg)
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