American Quote by Adrian Younge

Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. They were films made to appeal to a culture in a way that was supposed to…

— Adrian Younge

Blaxploitation films were all about centering Black love, action, pathos and showing Black folks with agency.

— Jason Johnson

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The…

— Kevin Hart

I have been in films before where people have been in a rush to label them as a Black film or even as a…

— David Oyelowo

Perhaps, despite my objections, the success of films like: 'The Help,' 'Django,' 'The Butler,' or '12 Years a Slave,' will further persuade Hollywood to…

— Joe Morton

I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much…

— Don Cheadle

Luke Cage' breaking Netflix because it was the first show to air in 190 countries showed that people all around the world wanted to…

— Simone Missick

Many times, I get young people asking, 'What do you think about black movies?' And I say, 'What are you talking about? You mean…

— Melvin Van Peebles

The first movie I ever saw was a blaxploitation movie. It was called 'Monkey Hustle.' Like I said, just listen to the name. That's…

— Michael Jai White

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd…

— Sam Mendes

If you take the '70s with Blaxploitation pictures, there was a proliferation of black-content films and motion pictures, television, stage plays and so forth…

— Glynn Turman

I wanted Luke Cage to very much be an African American superhero rather than a superhero that happens to be black. I felt it…

— Cheo Hodari Coker