Roger Ross Williams

I felt like I was an outsider growing up in the black church, as a gay man, in a poor community.

I love 'Jungle Book' and all the classics growing up, but what I learned about this is that these Disney films are basically classic fables that have been told for thousands of years.

I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television. But while growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world.

God Loves Uganda' is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting 'sexual immorality' and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow Biblical law.

I just didn't realize the unbelievable impact Disney films had on American society until my assistant coached me on the stories and brought me up to speed.

I have learned that the hardest part of campaigning for tolerance and justice is encouraging people to look at their own selves, to examine their own identity and shortcomings.

Lack of diversity in Hollywood has been well documented thanks to #OscarSoWhite, but lack of diversity in the documentary world is less talked about.

Often, films about people with disabilities are from the outside looking in.

The war against homosexuality in Uganda is fueled by the funds of American Christian missionary churches.

Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.

All the politicians in Uganda play to their fundamentalist benefactors in America because of the flow of money.

It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.