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> [I intuitively knew about the problem with cinema and you're like, 'Oh, that's why. There's this thing called 'black representational space' that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/i-intuitively-knew-about-the-problem-with-cinema-and-you-re-like-oh/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

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> [To be Black is the greatest fiction of my life. Yet I'm still bound to its myth. I can't help but think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/to-be-black-is-the-greatest-fiction-of-my-life-yet-i-m-still-bound-to/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

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> [I lived and worked in photography in Hale County, Alabama for almost 15 years. Sometimes there I feel like I have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/i-lived-and-worked-in-photography-in-hale-county-alabama-for-almost/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

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## More by RaMell Ross

> [To give subjectivity to the Dozier School boys is fundamentally mind-blowing. In literature, you're allowed to write from the inside, but at least most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/to-give-subjectivity-to-the-dozier-school-boys-is-fundamentally-mind/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [What a thing of free will to be in the air and to have that much control over one's directionality, up, down, left, right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/what-a-thing-of-free-will-to-be-in-the-air-and-to-have-that-much/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [You know, I feel like when we're watching films, typically, the films do the thinking for you, one could say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/you-know-i-feel-like-when-we-re-watching-films-typically-the-films-do/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [I realised that I wasn't going to the NBA when I broke my foot my second time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/i-realised-that-i-wasn-t-going-to-the-nba-when-i-broke-my-foot-my/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [Film peddles in one blip in the sea of emotional relationships when it's literally the content of the whole ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/film-peddles-in-one-blip-in-the-sea-of-emotional-relationships-when/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [Cinema lends itself to the play between the surreal, the symbolic, the experiential, the nonsensical and the aesthetic. It's on this weird carousel that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/cinema-lends-itself-to-the-play-between-the-surreal-the-symbolic-the/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [The thing about 'Nickel Boys' is its a film that is more intelligent than its maker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/the-thing-about-nickel-boys-is-its-a-film-that-is-more-intelligent/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [I don't think you need a lot of money to make a film that's cinematic and deserves to be in theaters, but people feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/i-don-t-think-you-need-a-lot-of-money-to-make-a-film-that-s-cinematic/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [The South is my home and I'm trapped in its stomach trying to get to its brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/the-south-is-my-home-and-i-m-trapped-in-its-stomach-trying-to-get-to/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [Black folks aren't asked to make films about all white people. But what would have happened if we did? What would white culture look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/black-folks-aren-t-asked-to-make-films-about-all-white-people-but/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [Micro-looking processes that are human are what I was interested in. How can you use the camera to mime the way that we look?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/micro-looking-processes-that-are-human-are-what-i-was-interested-in/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [Imagine something where you are just provided with the truth, which is something that everyone deserves. It's insane that's a line like that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/imagine-something-where-you-are-just-provided-with-the-truth-which-is/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [I'm less interested in cinema, and more interested in the experience of cinema approaching the experience of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/i-m-less-interested-in-cinema-and-more-interested-in-the-experience/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [Yeah, I think any type of filmmaking is good as an on-ramp to making films. But I will say that documentary filmmakers have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/yeah-i-think-any-type-of-filmmaking-is-good-as-an-on-ramp-to-making/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

> [Films typically peddle in meaning with big things and make connections between events. They don't peddle in images in the same way which in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/films-typically-peddle-in-meaning-with-big-things-and-make/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

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