Black Quote by Ed Dwight

Since I began presenting programmes about black history my life has become a constant impromptu focus group. I am stopped in the street by…

— David Olusoga

There's an audience and market for depictions of Black life that are as broad and as deep as any other depictions of people's lives.

— Cord Jefferson

I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have to live…

— Kenya Barris

I was one of Them: the Strange Ones. The Funny People. The Odd Tribes of autograph collectors and photographers. The Ones who waited through…

— Ray Bradbury

Growing up, I was always super into fantasy and 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Game of Thrones' and all of that, but I…

— Amandla Stenberg

I wasn't seeing black girls in the books I was assigned to read at my school. I was tired of only reading about white…

— Marley Dias

And it's ironic that in my career I've done the black shows from 'Moesha' to 'Fresh Prince' to 'Hangin' with Mr. Cooper,' and then…

— Dante Basco

'The Martin Show,' the 'Jamie Foxx show,' 'Living Single,' 'The Wayans Brothers,' 'Hanging with Mr. Cooper...' Some of these shows were good, some were…

— John Ridley

I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experience that's not normally exhibited in documentaries,…

— Elvis Mitchell

The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself…

— Octavia Butler

In a one-hour documentary, you can tell maybe ten stories. That's how the documentary is structured. I wrote to forty of the greatest historians…

— Henry Louis Gates

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