Black Quote by Glynn Turman

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

Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. They were films made to appeal to a culture in a way that was supposed to…

— Adrian Younge

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

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

I imagine it was much different in the 1970s. That was the Renaissance for black actors, albeit in blaxploitation movies. There was a much…

— Don Cheadle

It was a different time in the 1970s. Movies didn't have to make as much money.

— Sydney Pollack

Nowadays, when you make movies, you don’t need any lights at all. You have to remember, back in the day, the film stocks that…

— Jamie Lee Curtis

Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't compete against…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

Blockbusters run the mainstream industry. We may never again have a decade like the 1970s, when directors were able to find such freedom.

— Roger Ebert

Blaxploitation films were all about centering Black love, action, pathos and showing Black folks with agency.

— Jason Johnson

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

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

That was the magical thing about the Seventies: artists ruled. Because films were relatively low-budget, nobody cared. We could just go off and work.

— Sissy Spacek