Jehane Noujaim Quotes

Jehane Noujaim — Egyptian Director

Jehane Noujaim is an Egyptian American documentary film director best known for her films Control Room,Startup.com, Pangea Day and The Square, that earned her documentary a nomination for an Academy Award... (wikipedia)

I think everybody's had that feeling of sitting in a theater, in a dark room, with other strangers, watching a very powerful film, and they felt that feeling of transformation.

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.

I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how the story should be told.

I don't know if there's such a thing as objectivity.

Jehane Noujaim Quotes

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