Black Quote by Barry Keoghan

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

I don't like the term 'black film,' and I am proud to be black.

— Rick Famuyiwa

Sometimes you can't fight change, because you're a part of it, and I feel that in the context of these films that are happening…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with our pain.…

— Justin Simien

I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we…

— Sanaa Lathan

Since I began presenting programmes about black history my life has become a constant impromptu focus group. I am stopped in the street by…

— David Olusoga

Racism and prejudice exist there [at the National Film Board] like anywhere else. My history at the Board has not been easy. It's been…

— Alanis Obomsawin

For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters…

— Zoe Kravitz

In the past, I think my films that focused on African subjects struggled in the marketplace because of their subject matter.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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

Back in the 1970s, it was mostly all-black audiences coming into the theaters. So, we presented stories they could relate to.

— Rudy Ray Moore

Take any movie from 'Khamoshi' to 'Black,' I was always clear about my subjects.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali