Along Quote by Kevin Hart

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

Many times, I get young people asking, 'What do you think about black movies?' And I say, 'What are you talking about? You mean…

— Melvin Van Peebles

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

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

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 personally don't enjoy films that bring black people down. I find that a majority of the films that black people are starred in…

— Drake

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

There have been so few decent films involving Negroes that right away everybody expects every film to do everything. But when you make a…

— Jim Brown

You know what? As a black person, you see so much racism. Films are no different than the government, politics - it's everywhere. It's…

— Elvis Mitchell

At some point, all black movies became biopics. All the good, serious ones became biopics. 'Ray,' 'Ali'... those types of movies, those are the…

— Martine Syms

When you're doing a film and the majority of the film is cast black, for me, it's most important to get people to view…

— Kevin Hart

It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume because a…

— Romany Malco