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The Business

Filmmaker Lee Daniels

Lee Daniels on the struggle and strategy behind funding his move, "The Butler." Plus, how racism and homophobia affects his storytelling.

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By Kim Masters • Aug 24, 2013 • 28m Listen

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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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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