What He [barack Obama] Does

I've Always Been Able To Make Choices That Don't Embarrass Me.

We All Know Reagan's Legacy, From The Iran-contra Affair To The Funding Of The Nicaraguan Military In Which Over 200,000 People Died. The Groundwork For The Move Steadily To The Right Happened With The Reagan Administration. People Want To Elevate Him To Some Mythic Level; They Have Their Own Reason For Doing That.

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.

What's More Important Is That We Talk About Movements; Change Happens Through Movements. The Movement To End Slavery, The Movement To Bring Justice For Those Who Have Been Left Out Of The System, Movements To Include Women, Movements Around Sexual Preference - All These Movements Brought About Change.

When You've Moved Past A Point Where You're Just Scrambling For Jobs, You Think About The Things That You Want To Do. And The Things That You Want To Do Are Governed By What You've Seen, What You Choose To Embrace