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By rafael | Published March 19, 2011 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

Fuqua on box office double standards: “There are a lot of different challenges [for black filmmakers]. Some are the same challenges that every director has. But for us, if you have a failure or two, walking into the room [with studio executives] you already have one foot being pushed back out," said Fuqua (shown above directing Richard Gere in a scene from Brooklyn's Finest). "That is just something you’re going to have to deal with." (Image source: Overture Films)

Fuqua on box office double standards: “There are a lot of different challenges [for…

M-110 BF_0030_00061 Director Antoine Fugua goes over a scene with Richard Gere on the set of Overture Films’ BROOKLYN’S FINEST.