and it was all apparently to impress a bunch of his teenage friends in a video game chat room. the washington post interviewing one of the members, who says teixeira acted like a father figure to the group during covid. it felt like i was on top of mount everest. it felt like i was above everybody else, to some degree, in that i would be able to brag to some people that i knew stuff that they didn t. he is not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s. or other countries. he was a young, charismatic man, who loved nature, god, and bottom line, if they want these to be private, it is because they have something to hide. dana: so, the biden administration appears to have been caught flat-footed by this leak. teixeira was essentially an i.t. worker with the highest level of clearance and access to military intel systems. we had been circulating information for months on line with the pentagon only learning about it last week through the media.
to circulate in the marketing world and go to a lot of these conferences and everyone thinks that you are off the record, not off the record, recording yourself, see you need to be aware of the fact it could get out there. it surely was not her intent to do that. this all comes down to something called the corporate equality index. which is a metric used to measure big companies, and i look forward to your interview with the gay lobbyist was forcing companies in the 80s and 90s when i feel like gay marriage wasn t even a possibility for people. jesse: maybe i kept the details you know what i mean. jessica: no, it s interesting. i don t know if it was going on behind the scenes, when there was a long time coming on that, but jesse: i will follow-up with the gay lobbyist about that. jessica: good. companies want to have a high score on that. i am sure that was part of it. i was thinking about the 2000 super bowl commercial, remember the wassup ! jesse: do it again.
her first narrative feature i will follow which she wrote, financed, produced and directed was hailed by critic roger ebert as one of the best films i ve seen about the loss of a loved one. now she is the first black woman ever nominated for best director golden globe, and now is one of the most influential voices in all of hollywood. ava s lending her voice and credibility to a new project quarterback the african-american film festival releasing movement which she founded in 2010. i s b it s been relaunched as array focusing on filmmakers of color. i am just so pleased to be joined now by a have p last time we talked was right after the release of selma. . last time we talked golden
that hasn t stopped i will follow from receiving rave reviews and huge support of fans. i talked to the writer and director and two of the stars of the film to find out how they re doing it and solutions to the so-called blackout in hollywood. ava is in l.a. sally is in new york. and omari is in atlanta right here with me. how are you doing, sir? what s happening, don? good if see you liedies. thank you for joining us. ava, i want to start with you. it s an amazing film it s gotten great reviews. why should people watch? you know, we re basically offering something a little different than the studios offer for african-american filmgoers and folks interested in diverse stories. a lot of the studio films focus on broad comedy or the shoot em up and less on the character driven drama, the intimate story about black folks being who they are, loving, losing, learning from one another.