--- title: "7 Film Black Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Film Black quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Film Black sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/nick-nolte-4449_about_the-thing-about-48-hrs-that-really-isn-t_961605.png" --- > [The thing about '48 Hrs.' that really isn't thought about much is that's the first film where the black and the white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-nolte/the-thing-about-48-hrs-that-really-isn-t-thought-about-much-is-that-s/) [Nick Nolte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-nolte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/nick-nolte-4449_about_the-thing-about-48-hrs-that-really-isn-t_961605.png) > [Ever since I made the short film 'Black And White,' which had almost no dialogues, the idea of making a silent feature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karthik-subbaraj/ever-since-i-made-the-short-film-black-and-white-which-had-almost-no/) [Karthik Subbaraj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karthik-subbaraj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/karthik-subbaraj-8968_black-and-white_ever-since-i-made-the-short-film-black-a_1102037.jpg) > [If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idris-elba/if-you-are-going-to-call-a-film-a-black-film-then-you-have-to-make-a/) [Idris Elba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idris-elba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/idris-elba-3366_almost_if-you-are-going-to-call-a-film-a-black_1140415.jpg) > [We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/we-re-told-that-independent-film-lovers-folks-that-are-used-to/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/ava-duvernay-4018_art_we-re-told-that-independent-film-lovers_1439533.jpg) > [My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdellatif-kechiche/my-film-black-venus-had-been-very-emotionally-draining-and-difficult/) [Abdellatif Kechiche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdellatif-kechiche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/abdellatif-kechiche-34305_black_my-film-black-venus-had-been-very-emotio_1456340.jpg) > [Up until the middle to late '60s, it was a choice to film in black-and-white or color. But then television became so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/up-until-the-middle-to-late-60s-it-was-a-choice-to-film-in-black-and/) [John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/john-boorman-22660_black_up-until-the-middle-to-late-60s-it-was-a_2349426.jpg) > [We have African-Americans and black people getting behind the scenes more and more, we get true black images in television and film...because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keke-palmer/we-have-african-americans-and-black-people-getting-behind-the-scenes/) [Keke Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keke-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/keke-palmer-6386_african-americans_we-have-african-americans-and-black-peop_2773039.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-black/#itemlist", "name": "Film Black Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The thing about '48 Hrs.' that really isn't thought about much is that's the first film where the black and the white criticize each other.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Nolte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-nolte/the-thing-about-48-hrs-that-really-isn-t-thought-about-much-is-that-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/nick-nolte-4449_about_the-thing-about-48-hrs-that-really-isn-t_961605.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/nick-nolte-4449_about_the-thing-about-48-hrs-that-really-isn-t_961605.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/nick-nolte-4449_about_the-thing-about-48-hrs-that-really-isn-t_961605.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The thing about '48 Hrs.' that really isn't thought about much is that's the first film where the black and…” — Nick Nolte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ever since I made the short film 'Black And White,' which had almost no dialogues, the idea of making a silent feature film fascinated me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karthik Subbaraj" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karthik-subbaraj/ever-since-i-made-the-short-film-black-and-white-which-had-almost-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/karthik-subbaraj-8968_black-and-white_ever-since-i-made-the-short-film-black-a_1102037.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/karthik-subbaraj-8968_black-and-white_ever-since-i-made-the-short-film-black-a_1102037.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/karthik-subbaraj-8968_black-and-white_ever-since-i-made-the-short-film-black-a_1102037.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ever since I made the short film 'Black And White,' which had almost no dialogues, the idea of making a…” — Karthik Subbaraj", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. 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