What did Spike Lee do?
He exposes you to his community. I don’t think that the general public are as apprehensive about the Black communities. They see Spike Lee’s characters as human beings and when they see another African American person, they actually feel “closer.” Asian Americans need to do more like this. BACKGROUND OF HER PASSION AND HISTORY Where I think I’m unique is this approach. I’ve already directed mainstream films and an additional four films for public companies. One of them became a major hit called “Night Patrol” (mainstream comedy along the lines of “Airplane”) that went out “platinum” in the video market – which meant that it shipped over $5M of cassettes in the initial quarter and it gross over $25M in the U.S. while achieving worldwide success for a small independent film. Afterwards, I went on to direct two more films. I was directing mainstream films and learned how the industry worked (i.e., how to get a film made, worldwide distribution, etc.). I also found out was that I was very
