The Black Power Movement Was

Every Day Of My Life I Walk With The Idea That I Am Black, No Matter How Successful I Am. And Our Success Is Tempered By That; You're Successful In This Way Given The Fact You Are Black, And Most Blacks Don't Get To That Point.

In 1967, The Students At San Francisco State Invited The Poet Amiri Baraka To The Campus For A Semester. He Attracted Other Influential Black Writers Such As Sonia Sanchez, Ed Bullins, Eldridge Cleaver. What Emerged Was Something We Called The Community Communications Program. That's How I Got Involved; I Got Involved In A Little Play

I Was A Member Of The Black Student Union, Part Of The Central Committee At San Francisco State. During The 1968 Strike There, I Was Certainly Very Much Involved In The Activities That Occurred On Campus. It Was Part Of An Extraordinary Period In My Life

There Are Things That Make Me Excited About What I'm Doing: Trouble The Water [the 2008 Documentary Glover Executive Produced] On New Orleans, Or Something Like Soundtrack For A Revolution, About The Power Of The Music Of The Civil Rights Movement [which He Executive Produced In 2009]. Or Bamako, About The African Debt Crisis, A Platform To Discuss The Experience Of People Who Actually Live It. All Of These Are Important Ways We Can Use Film As A Forum Inviting People Into A Dialogue.

Freedom Summer, The Massive Voter Education Project In Mississippi, Was 1964. I Graduated From High School In 1965. So Becoming Active Was Almost A Rite Of Passage.