Elizabeth Acevedo On The Importance Of ‘Dopeass Black Girl’ Representation
We can’t be what we can’t imagine. We need to see ourselves living joyfully, lovingly, fully in the world.
We can’t be what we can’t imagine. We need to see ourselves living joyfully, lovingly, fully in the world.
I felt like I was grabbing at slime-covered strings for so long; it finally felt like the effort I had been putting in was amounting to something.
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“If I was to go back, I’d like to go and have a wee word with myself and say ‘You can fall in love with who you want to. You can be exactly who you want to be, you can run towards yourself if you like, because it’s going to be fine.'”
The fiercely passionate director, producer and actor on her work, her poignant new film A Marine Story, and her choice to be out on her own terms.