Chosen Quote by Chika Anadu

I'd never been to Africa. This really was my first film [The Lost World]. I'd done 10 years of stage. I'd done a little…

— Eric McCormack

I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended…

— Susan Minot

Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it would only…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

The single most eye-opening experience for me and what propelled me to become a filmmaker was that I started to see films from other…

— Lee Isaac Chung

I backpacked through France and Italy in my teens, and then I was at Cannes with the first movie I did in '84.

— Colin Firth

Even though the agency kept me pretty busy, I auditioned for every play and film I could find. But they all wanted a black…

— Grace Jones

My main focus was to do a good film.

— Soham Chakraborty

While WHO has never had a director from Africa, no one should elect me because I am from Africa.

— Tedros Adhanom

I acted in my first film while in my second year of degree college, in 1978.

— Mohanlal

I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead…

— Ira Sachs

I have always loved South Africa, where I shot 'Andaz' and 'No Entry.' Some of the biggest films of my career have been shot…

— Lara Dutta

As far as producing, I was thrown into it on a film called Beasts of No Nation when we were in Ghana three months…

— Nnamdi Asomugha