About Quote by Ava DuVernay

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

— Tim Robbins

The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a…

— Rza

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

There have been so few decent films involving Negroes that right away everybody expects every film to do everything. But when you make a…

— Jim Brown

I come from the best era of film I believe; when people were taking chances on films. It's time for us to bring more…

— Romany Malco

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

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black…

— Ava DuVernay

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the…

— Zoe Kravitz

A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most…

— Haile Gerima

It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted towards the niche…

— Amandla Stenberg

I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie…

— Jim Brown

Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.

— Roger Ross Williams