Concussion Star Sara Lindsey: “We don’t live in a homogenous culture, so why would we create homogenous art?”

I believe art should reflect and expand upon life. Diversity in art is important because life is diverse. It makes the stories we tell as filmmakers more accurate, relatable, and accessible to everyone. And definitely more entertaining. To me there is no other option. We don’t live in a homogenous culture, so why would we create homogenous art?

As a part of my series about the rising stars of pop culture, I had the pleasure to interview Sara Lindsey. Sara is best known for her work opposite Will Smith in the Sony Pictures film Concussion. Other feature films include working opposite Viola Davis in Don’t Back Down, opposite Frances McDormand for director Gus Van Sant in Promised Land and with Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher. More recently she co-wrote and starred in the feature film Blue Jay and she can currently be seen starring in Please Come with Me which she also wrote and produced.

Thank you so much for doing this with us Sara! Can you tell us the story of how you grew up?