How do you see yourself shaping culture?
I consider the work I do exclusively focused on shaping culture. Whether it's a dramatic TV show I am writing, a feature film I am producing, or the upcoming book I am writing, it all comes back to the same thing - shifting the ways in which people see the world through the lens of culture.
You have your own production company and have been working on producing films and TV shows for over a decade. You’re also a doctor and an anthropologist—why has working on film and TV felt like a meaningful way for you to make change?
I think as recent global events have shown, whoever controls the narrative often controls the outcome. I consider the work I do "visual medicine" because I think the discourse about issues I care about, namely race, health disparities, and power, are misrepresented in the public sphere and I believe we need stories that can heal us all.