Hood Quote by Flying Lotus

I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream.…

— Malcolm D. Lee

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

If a white filmmaker is going to tell a story about a Black family, then because they get all the opportunities that they get,…

— Taylor Russell

A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most…

— Haile Gerima

You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and be fair…

— Lauren Greenfield

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

— Tim Robbins

During the last decades, films about the black experience have been produced, directed, and even scripted by white men. Some of them are excellent.…

— Ishmael Reed

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

It's not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook up with…

— Haile Gerima

As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m interested in…

— Ava DuVernay

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 am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.

— Cuba Gooding, Jr