we were also joined by marque richardson, who plays reggie in the film.i began asking justin simien about the film's storyline. >> the story revolves around four like kids in this mostly white ivy league college. samantha is this angela davis, x and automation of a girl who really hangs her identity on being this black militant in his white plays and sort of really challenging the status quo and trying to, what she calls, pop the post-racial bubble. and that somehow we are all past race. onnel higgins, sort of like the polar opposite end, has no black identity to speak up in the beginning of the film and because he is also gay and dealing with sexual identity issues, sort of really feeling sort of -- i keep along snow place. very much in the middle and watching the other black characters from the sidelines. also kind of the flipside of sam, just taking a different approach to owning her black identity. some might call her a bit of a conformist. she definitely comes in the package that i think the people at this particular school would expect. she also is