Shaka King: I don’t need white people to care about what I do, but I need money
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nypost.compremiered the documentary “Summer of Soul” at this year’s festival.“That’s great because it’s gotten me to a place psychologically where I don’t need white people to care about what I do,” King continued. “I haven’t needed white people to care about what I do in years now, you know?
But what’s corny is I need money to make stuff.”King recalled thinking “Judas and the Black Messiah,” which tells the story of William O’Neal infiltrating the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton for the FBI, would easily receive studio financing given its power producer, Ryan Coogler (fresh off of “Black Panther”), and stars Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya.
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