Addresses Quote by Charles Burnett

Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty…

— Mike Jackson

While the documentary community is way ahead of Hollywood, it is still nowhere near where it needs to be. Filmmakers of color rarely get…

— Roger Ross Williams

Why aren't there films being made that tell ethnically diverse stories? Or why is it so impossible to allow a person of color to…

— Teyonah Parris

There are [in Hollywood] some endemic problems and some things that happen over and over again. There's the problem of representation of basically anybody…

— Karina Longworth

It's hard to find black roles that are just whimsical and fun and colorful. And I think, in many ways, that can be just…

— Amandla Stenberg

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for…

— Naveen Andrews

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

I would love more stories with strong characters of color who don't always fit the mold that Hollywood has created in the past.

— Winston Duke

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

What I hope is that this wider pattern of films about slavery that's emerging isn't just a fad but evidence that we've turned a…

— Amma Asante

I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to…

— Ava DuVernay