Black Quote by Marley Dias

Between school, homework, tests, and play time with my friends, I have worked my butt off to create this space where black girls' stories…

— Marley Dias

As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major blockbuster films.

— Teyonah Parris

I'm trying to be what I want to see more of: Black women onscreen.

— KiKi Layne

I'm really looking forward to developing just really fun, complex, interesting stories about people who happen to be black.

— Tracie Thoms

There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special.

— Alek Wek

I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in…

— Bell Hooks

There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if…

— Nicole Beharie

I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want us to…

— Viola Davis

I think now I get to create and inspire more young black girls to continue doing what they love and reach for the stars.

— Marsai Martin

I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying, We don't have work for…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I want all types of people to look at my work and see themselves, just like I watch a Reese Witherspoon movie as a…

— Amy Sherald

I like the idea of having historical films about black women who are just having fun.

— Nia DaCosta