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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

All Blaxploitation is, is the opportunity for an African-American cast or lead actor or actress to do the same things that a white action…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.

— Lisa Nicole Carson

I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the…

— Zoe Kravitz

'Luke Cage' came out in 1972 at the height of the blaxploitation era. It was a literary response to this notion of blaxploitation movies.…

— Adrian Younge

Back in the 1970s, it was mostly all-black audiences coming into the theaters. So, we presented stories they could relate to.

— Rudy Ray Moore

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

The problem with black cinema in its current form is on the one hand it is the only game in town; it's a very…

— Arthur Jafa

I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get…

— Samuel L. Jackson

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

If you take the '70s with Blaxploitation pictures, there was a proliferation of black-content films and motion pictures, television, stage plays and so forth…

— Glynn Turman

Films with predominantly white casts can come in any form, tell any story, big or small. For black films, you have the light, fluffy…

— Justin Simien