'Armageddon Time' Filmmaker James Gray : Fresh Air James Gray's new film was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn't recognize their own biases against Black people. He talks about his life and the film.

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'Armageddon Time' Filmmaker James Gray

November 28, 20223:15 PM ET

'Armageddon Time' Filmmaker James Gray

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James Gray's new film was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn't recognize their own biases against Black people. He talks about his life and the film.