From Julia Roberts and Kristen Stewart going barefoot on the red carpet to Spike Lee speaking out about police brutality … Politics are part and parcel of the iconic Cannes Film Festival ...
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00:00The American press said this film would start race riots all across America.
00:25That film came out in 1989.
00:29I wrote it in 1988.
00:34When you see brother Eric Garner, when you see King George Floyd murdered, lynched, I
00:40think of Raider Rahim.
00:44And you would think and hope that 30-something motherfucking years later, the black people
00:53would stop being hunted down like animals.
00:59We expect our governments to make sure that the laws of equal pay for equal work are upheld.
01:14As women, we all face our own unique challenges, but we stand together on these steps today
01:21as a symbol of our determination and our commitment to progress.
01:36In the same period, 1,688 male directors have climbed these very same stairs.
01:45In the 71 years of this world-renowned festival, there have been only 12 female heads of its
01:53juries.
02:15Everyone should wear flats, to be honest, at the best of times.
02:21We shouldn't wear high heels.
02:23Anyway, that's very disappointing, obviously.
02:45People lose their lives and disappear in the sand, in the deserts, or they dissolve
02:50in the water, in the ocean here.
02:54And the world is melting, and these guys are basically ruling with, you know, rage and
03:01angriness and lies.
03:05And they are basically stating or writing fiction and making people believe that those
03:11are real things and facts.
03:14So I think the only thing I personally can react to is, I'm not a politician, but as
03:19an artist, I can basically just express through my work and with a heart open just basically
03:27what I think.
03:39I would love to see more women directors, because, you know, they represent half the
03:45population and gave birth to the whole world.
03:52It's quite harsh when you first experience the world of filmmaking.