African american Quote by Mick Jagger

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

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

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

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

The problem with a lot of movies when it comes to race is that they want to be moral, and they want to make…

— Wesley Morris

Blacks are tired of seeing whites saying, 'I understand you.' You need a black to direct a black film.

— Melvin Van Peebles

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

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

All critics have the responsibility to tease out the social ideas and social problems in a movie. I don't feel an obligation to do…

— Wesley Morris

I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you…

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

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

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