Nazanin Boniadi Quotes

It can't change anything immediately, but films can absolutely be catalysts for conversation.

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

I definitely believe that art is the best way to produce social change.

I think maybe since there isn't a great deal of access to the mainstream media and people don't understand the language of mainstream media, if you put music out there with lyrics that are loosely political, people absorb some of it and spit it back out.

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.

Art has the power to influence and to make you react to something that you normally wouldn't concern, worry, or even think about or wouldn't want to talk about.

I am not a politician nor an activist but in my small way try and bring change with the kind of films I do.

Literature births activists.

People like me in the entertainment industry can contribute to social change through our work.

My acting and activism go hand-in-hand, and they really support one another.

I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness.

Everybody's got to reclaim these thingspoetry, rock'n'roll, political activismand it's got to be done over and over again. It's like eating: you can't say,'Oh, I ate yesterday'.You have to eat again.

I remember going to see Amiri Baraka. It wasn't actually too long before he died. He said, "You've got to write to change the world!" I was like, "Not me, no, no, no, no."

I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.

The goal of Participant is to tell stories that serve as catalysts for social change. With our television channel, we can bring those stories into the homes of our viewers every day.

I definitely feel that films and TV shows can bring about social change.

I think TV, at times, is incredibly regressive, but I guess with the way few people are ready to experiment, the progressive streak has slowly crept in.

We wanted to take on social and political and LGBTQ stories which no one at the upper level of the entertainment industry ever really wants to do. So you have to fight, and you have to persuade, and you have to manipulate the studios and the networks. And you have to go back - over and over again - until they say yes.

You can spread awareness through entertainment.

Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is an attitude - even an aptitude.

Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism.

I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change.