Country Quote by Juliet Asante

I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.

— Chika Anadu

I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such an awful,…

— Elvis Mitchell

Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it would only…

— Abderrahmane Sissako

In my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African.

— Paul Robeson

I've always seen myself as a global filmmaker.

— Paul W. S. Anderson

African cinema doesn't have an African industry at all and that's where our problem arises. We come to all of these initiatives with a…

— Jihan El-Tahri

Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors,…

— Paula Patton

African films should be thought of as offering as many different points of view as the film of any other different continent. Nobody would…

— Elvis Mitchell

I don't want to become an ivory tower filmmaker. That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker. I want the largest…

— Peter Greenaway

While WHO has never had a director from Africa, no one should elect me because I am from Africa.

— Tedros Adhanom

Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm a black…

— Ava DuVernay

I've always said that the more ethnic you become, the more international your film becomes.

— Vetrimaaran