"To me, entertainment is really the new plantation. It's the new sugar, the new cotton, that black people work for somebody else to be richer than them."

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The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself is a crime because slavery is a very important historical event that has held our people hostage. Forget white people's role in it. In the end what's important is black people remain and live with the scars and psychological issues.

— Haile Gerima