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"Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot."
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"I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director."
Day
"The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio."
Woman
"You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?"
First
"I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it."
Dance
"The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then."
Riot
"Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot."
Riot
"But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period."
Time
"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."
Control
"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."
Design
"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."
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"The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then."
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"Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot."
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