Black Quote by Demetrius Shipp, Jr

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has…

— Sidney Poitier

Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite real. But…

— Michael Eric Dyson

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

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

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.

— Lisa Nicole Carson

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

Film and TV is a very hard profession to enter into if you don't have the ability to take a long period of time…

— Sarah Polley

Things are shifting; man is evolving in many different ways. The Internet has created a portal for people to connect with each other in…

— Forest Whitaker

Up until the middle to late '60s, it was a choice to film in black-and-white or color. But then television became so vital to…

— John Boorman

It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted towards the niche…

— Amandla Stenberg

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 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