Emotions Quote by Courtney A. Kemp

The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a…

— Jim Brown

It doesn't matter if it's black-and-white. If a movie has a story that is filled with emotion, you can have as much pleasure, and…

— Thomas Langmann

During the last decades, films about the black experience have been produced, directed, and even scripted by white men. Some of them are excellent.…

— Ishmael Reed

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

Black people loving and losing is something we don’t see enough of. We’re always in these heightened situations like something big is happening, something…

— Ava DuVernay

It's like one of the best things that can ever happen to you as an actor: to have your story reach people, even if…

— Jay Ellis

The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself…

— Haile Gerima

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 feel like part of my journey as a filmmaker is to tell different stories, whether they are just a black perspective on things…

— Flying Lotus

I feel like there are probably more films about white male friendships than almost any other types of movies.

— Max Joseph

With a film, things constantly have to go up in the story, and you're constantly putting pressure on the main character. It allows to…

— Jennifer Lee

We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history of how…

— Adam Beach