Another Quote by Jim Brown

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The…

— Kevin Hart

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

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

If you're going to make black movies only about black people, that's as bad as white movies only about white people.

— Rita Moreno

I always say it's hard to cast an African-American film sometimes because those kinds of actors just aren't out there.

— Rick Famuyiwa

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

I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie…

— Jim Brown

I have been in films before where people have been in a rush to label them as a Black film or even as a…

— David Oyelowo

The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a…

— Jim Brown

There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with our pain.…

— Justin Simien

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

Films make me into some cheap turn...You bet they'll never let me play a part in a film where a Negro is on top.

— Paul Robeson