I needed to see more from my movies than the extremely tragic black woman, or the magic helpless Negro, or the many black men in dresses.
“People say that when a baby is crying the paternal grandmother will say, "The baby is crying, you should feed her," and the maternal grandmother will say, "Why is that baby crying so much, making her mom so tired?”
― Please Look After Mom
― Please Look After Mom
“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity.”
― Jake Understood
― Jake Understood
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