He attended the lab in the summer of 1997. At the time Famuyiwa was working at the Beverly Hills Niketown, selling sneakers by day and writing his screenplays at night. Famuyiwa says interest in The Wood represents a shift in the marketplace toward new representations of African-American life. Inglewood is a middle-class community where people care about their families and want the best for their kids, just like any other city. It has suffered from a lot of misconceptions.
Negative elements are only a small percentage of daily life.
Filming in Inglewood gave Famuyiwa a new perspective of his boyhood home, and an even deeper appreciation of neighborhood ties. Between takes it would hit me that I was back home, but looking at it with a much different eye. People came up to me who I remember from back when I was a kid running around with my friends. It was a great experience. Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorp.