“I was pitching a story about a black freedom fighter and they asked me if he could be white.
The director said the recent OscarsSoWhite movement and Time’s Up were both positive steps to addressing the issues that stymied her Hollywood career.
“For many years I felt like I was by myself talking about these issues of racism and sexism in film.
They loved my film-making and the stories, but eventually they would say: ‘Sorry it’s too black.
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