Black Quote by Demetrius Shipp, Jr

Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

It really upsets me that the media insists on turning 'Do the Right Thing' or 'Boyz N the Hood' into 'black films.' They are…

— Bill Duke

I think we're used to the black filmmaker coming in and making the all-black subject matter. Especially at Sundance, they're looking for that. It's…

— Steven Caple Jr

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

Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's…

— John Boyega

Shows like 'Empire,' 'Black-ish,' 'Scandal,' and 'How to Get Away With Murder' are expanding viewers' perspectives on what people of color can be like.…

— Baron Vaughn

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

We had this terrible thing, this awful thing with 'Black and White' happened, where the design of 'Black and White' was actually... was hijacked…

— Peter Molyneux

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd…

— Sam Mendes

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 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

There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV.

— David Bowie