War's Dirty Little Secret Is

I'd Love To Just Think Of Myself As A Filmmaker, And I Wait For The Day When The Modifier Can Be A Moot Point.

Those Of Us Who Work In The Arts Know That Depiction Is Not Endorsement. If It Was, No Artist Would Be Able To Paint Inhumane Practices, No Author Could Write About Them, And No Filmmaker Could Delve Into The Thorny Subjects Of Our Time.

For Some Individuals - Some Soldiers, Some Contractors - Combat Provides A Kind Of Purpose And Meaning Beyond Which All Else Potentially Pales In Comparison.

If There's Specific Resistance To Women Making Movies, I Just Choose To Ignore That As An Obstacle For Two Reasons: I Can't Change My Gender, And I Refuse To Stop Making Movies. It's Irrelevant Who Or What Directed A Movie, The Important Thing Is That You Either Respond To It Or You Don't. There Should Be More Women Directing; I Think There's Just Not The Awareness That It's Really Possible. It Is.

Am I A 'woman Of Action'? I Don't Think Of Myself That Way.