Sweetback (SB): Let’s begin by talking a little bit about your background. When did you first begin getting interested in film-making, and how did you first pursue that interest?   Allen Kellogg (AK): My interest in film began very early on. By the sixth grade I was using legos to make stop motion animation films. I’d make lego versions of JAWS or James Bond or my own superhero movies. This was well before the fad of making stop motion movies with legos had happened. I’d like to consider myself a pioneer, but I’ve no way to prove it.
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