I'm always making things, and I have this ongoing practice of compelling stuff that strikes me. Over the course of my life doing this, I've trained myself to do the opposite of what's human nature, and that is to recoil… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
I have a very simple mantra and it's this: I want to make black cinema with the power, beauty, and alienation of black music.… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
It's a muscle that everybody needs to develop: the ability to see themselves in someone else's circumstances without having to paint that person white,… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
I'm always making things, and I have this ongoing practice of compelling stuff that strikes me. Over the course of my life doing this,… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
The problem with black cinema in its current form is on the one hand it is the only game in town; it's a very… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
I've pushed myself to push toward things that disturb me. I've developed a habit of recording these things because these things often disappear. — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema. — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
I'll try to record the spiritual quality of the things that strike me. — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
I remember when someone told me phones were going to have cameras on them, and I thought that was the dumbest idea I'd ever… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
