Black Quote by David Oyelowo

'Black film,' that term allows studios to just marginalize a movie and say, 'We've made our black film. We've made our film with people…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

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

If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which…

— Idris Elba

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

When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people to view…

— Kevin Hart

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

Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black film. When…

— 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 really wish Hollywood would stop labeling movies, especially movies with predominantly black casts. Then, it makes others feel like, "Oh, well, that's not…

— Taraji P. Henson

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

I think Black cinema is thought of in small terms. That's where most of the problems come from. When there's a film that has…

— Rick Famuyiwa

I do think there's not enough film history being taught and appreciated. Maybe it's being taught, but I've heard from professors that young kids…

— Thelma Schoonmaker