Since 2012 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Visual History Program Collection has recorded oral histories with representatives across a wide variety of film professions. In 2016, The Interviews began co-producing interviews with individuals who have a crossover career between film and television. Our first co-produced interview was with director John Singleton.
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Highlights
Louis Gossett, Jr. on the decision to air Roots on consecutive nights, and on the phenomenon the show became
01:41
Louis Gossett, Jr. on playing "Sgt. Emil Foley" in "An Officer and a Gentleman," directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Richard Gere
03:43
John Singleton on his directing style and how it's changed over time
03:58
John Singleton on seeing a screening of "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories
01:59
Whoopi Goldberg on wanting to be in the Star Trek reboot, Star Trek: The Next Generation, because Star Trek was the first show to depict Black people in the future
04:19
Whoopi Goldberg on advice that she'd give to her younger self
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