--- title: "16 Black Films Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Black Films quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Black Films sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/adrian-younge-10129_appeals_blaxploitation-films-were-black-films-ta_966966.jpg" --- > [Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. They were films made to appeal to a culture in a way that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-younge/blaxploitation-films-were-black-films-targeting-black-people-they/) [Adrian Younge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-younge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/adrian-younge-10129_appeals_blaxploitation-films-were-black-films-ta_966966.jpg) > [To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-jafa/to-me-not-every-black-filmmaker-who-is-making-black-films-is-trying/) [Arthur Jafa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-jafa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/arthur-jafa-41148_black_to-me-not-every-black-filmmaker-who-is-m_2018628.jpg) > [Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demetrius-shipp-jr/black-films-and-television-are-growing-and-getting-the-recognition/) [Demetrius Shipp, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demetrius-shipp-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/demetrius-shipp-jr-18071_black_black-films-and-television-are-growing-a_2111274.jpg) > [For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-kravitz/for-me-whenever-i-would-see-a-lot-of-black-films-i-didn-t-feel/) [Zoe Kravitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-kravitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/zoe-kravitz-4291_black_for-me-whenever-i-would-see-a-lot-of-bla_3021869.png) > [There's not enough black films out there. There's not enough Latin films, or films that have an Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-graham/there-s-not-enough-black-films-out-there-there-s-not-enough-latin/) [Kat Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/kat-graham-4328_asian_there-s-not-enough-black-films-out-there_1341657.jpg) > [Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/expectations-that-black-directors-have-to-make-black-films-about/) [Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/roger-ross-williams-5118_absurd_expectations-that-black-directors-have-t_2644663.jpg) > [Things are shifting; man is evolving in many different ways. The Internet has created a portal for people to connect with each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/things-are-shifting-man-is-evolving-in-many-different-ways-the/) [Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/forest-whitaker-3022_african-american_things-are-shifting-man-is-evolving-in-m_975342.jpg) > [And it's ironic that in my career I've done the black shows from 'Moesha' to 'Fresh Prince' to 'Hangin' with Mr. Cooper,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dante-basco/and-it-s-ironic-that-in-my-career-i-ve-done-the-black-shows-from/) [Dante Basco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dante-basco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/dante-basco-12580_black_and-it-s-ironic-that-in-my-career-i-ve-d_2593234.jpg) > [Films with predominantly white casts can come in any form, tell any story, big or small. For black films, you have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/films-with-predominantly-white-casts-can-come-in-any-form-tell-any/) [Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/justin-simien-4140_big_films-with-predominantly-white-casts-can_1785964.jpg) > [We have our classic hood movies, right? Like "Boyz in the Hood." We have our classic conscious films like Spike Lee's "Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-caple-jr/we-have-our-classic-hood-movies-right-like-boyz-in-the-hood-we-have/) [Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-caple-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/steven-caple-jr-49791_behinds_we-have-our-classic-hood-movies-right-li_2504300.jpg) > [Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hart/here-s-the-thing-we-do-a-movie-with-a-predominantly-black-cast-and-it/) [Kevin Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/kevin-hart-506_being_here-s-the-thing-we-do-a-movie-with-a-pr_2768770.jpg) > [It really upsets me that the media insists on turning 'Do the Right Thing' or 'Boyz N the Hood' into 'black films.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/it-really-upsets-me-that-the-media-insists-on-turning-do-the-right/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/bill-duke-10801_american_it-really-upsets-me-that-the-media-insis_771018.jpg) > [As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naturi-naughton/as-a-black-actress-you-ve-got-to-work-doubly-hard-but-it-doesn-t-ever/) [Naturi Naughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naturi-naughton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/naturi-naughton-12087_actress_as-a-black-actress-you-ve-got-to-work-do_26480.png) > [For whatever reason, gay characters, or characters that deal with sexuality issues, who are black, in 'black films'... are typically not dealt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/for-whatever-reason-gay-characters-or-characters-that-deal-with/) [Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/justin-simien-4140_complexity_for-whatever-reason-gay-characters-or-ch_2453990.jpg) > [I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idris-elba/i-m-not-interested-in-making-all-black-films-i-come-from-a-very/) [Idris Elba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idris-elba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c9/idris-elba-3366_cinema_i-m-not-interested-in-making-all-black-f_1497192.jpg) > [If you take the '70s with Blaxploitation pictures, there was a proliferation of black-content films and motion pictures, television, stage plays and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glynn-turman/if-you-take-the-70s-with-blaxploitation-pictures-there-was-a/) [Glynn Turman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glynn-turman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/glynn-turman-37210_black_if-you-take-the-70s-with-blaxploitation_496327.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-films/#itemlist", "name": "Black Films Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. 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