“There's this responsibility you feel to present a certain thing that kind of respectability politics. I think that became the only accepted way of defining black culture. I started to become too aware of 'How does this look?' instead of 'Who are these characters?'”

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About Rick Famuyiwa

Nigerian-American filmmaker and television director

Rick Famuyiwa is a Nigerian-American filmmaker and television director. He is known for films such as The Wood, Brown Sugar, and Dope, and for his work on The Mandalorian. His films have drawn award recognition, including a 2008 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture for Talk to Me. On television, he directed six episodes of The Mandalorian and served as an executive producer for its third season.

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