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The Business
The Business

Filmmaker Lee Daniels

Hosted by Kim Masters Aug. 26, 2013 Entertainment
Lee Daniels on the struggle and strategy behind funding his move, "The Butler." Plus, how racism and homophobia affects his storytelling.

Lee Daniels discusses the struggle and strategy behind funding his new movie, The Butler, as well as how his personal experiences of homophobia and racism affects his storytelling.

Banner image: (L-R) Forest Whitaker and Lee Daniels. Courtesy of The Weinstein Company

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Filmmaker Lee Daniels

Filmmaker Lee Daniels talks with Kim Masters about the uphill battle to fund his new movie, Lee Daniels' The Butler , an African American historical drama. In the end it...

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