Black Quote by Deon Taylor

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

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it…

— Tim Reid

I liked the fact that there were so many different representations of black women and black men in the movie. It wasn't like we…

— Sanaa Lathan

For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters…

— Zoe Kravitz

I was determined to make a movie - about families and a love story - that black women would be proud to see and…

— Salim Akil

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

Spike Lee made such a difference in terms of black filmmakers, the subtleties - those authors, those writers who write from love, and those…

— Ruby Dee

It never occurred to me that I was hired because I was black. But it did occur to me that because I was black…

— Duane Jones

Without mentioning any names, there was a film that was being done, and I ran into the producer on the plane. It was a…

— Joe Morton

I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not…

— Malachi Kirby

Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and…

— Ava DuVernay

I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.

— Nicole Byer