I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

I wish I could draw.

There's really no precedent for someone like me gaining clout in the space that I'm in - a black woman directing films in Hollywood.

I make films about black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a black man, doesn't mean that he can't see them as a white man or she can't see them as a white woman.

For female directors, there's a whole other set of things we have to think about, particularly when we are casting men, because there are some actors who have never been directed by a woman. Crew members, too.

To win Best Director at Sundance was beyond anything I could have imagined for myself. It's still an incredible feeling to know I won. But as happy as I am about winning, I also know many other women of color have directed amazing films over the years that were equally deserving and didn't win.