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Filmmaker Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels on the struggle and strategy behind funding his move, "The Butler." Plus, how racism and homophobia affects his storytelling.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenLee 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.
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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 took creative casting of white actors and a slew of producers to get the movie a green light.
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