It goes to show how deeply embedded homophobia and sexism are.

I put a lot of pressure on myself to get into Sundance. I turned down a lot of smaller festivals that I could have applied to not knowing that I was going to get in [to Sundance] but just believing that I would.

It's like you're in a box. And in order to be in that box you have to be tough, you have to have a lot of money, and get a lot of girls and dominate other people. If you're not any of those things you get called 'weak' or a 'chump.' No one wants to be any of those things so they stay in this box.

Sundance was always a milestone; it was always on mind, I'm very excited.

Whenever people see the film, they want to talk about it afterward. So we are bringing together a dynamic panel with some of the people who appear in the film. So it should be a lively conversation about all the issues that come up.

Like most guys, I had bought into the stereotype that all feminists were white, lesbian, unattractive male bashers who hated all men. But after reading the work of these black feminists, I realized that this was far from the truth. After digging into their work, I came to really respect the intelligence, courage and honesty of these women.

Feminists did not hate men. In fact, they loved men. But just as my father had silenced my mother during their arguments to avoid hearing her gripes, men silenced feminists by belittling them in order to dodge hearing the truth about who we are.