Black community Quote by Rza

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

The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.

— Gabrielle Union

A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most…

— Haile Gerima

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has…

— Sidney Poitier

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

Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in…

— Katori Hall

It would certainly would be great to see more films featuring the black family and showing that we are capable of having that unit…

— Nia Long

We're all complaining about diversity in Hollywood, but we've got to address the colorism within the black community of Hollywood first.

— Janet Hubert

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd…

— Sam Mendes

It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted towards the niche…

— Amandla Stenberg

Back in the 1970s, it was mostly all-black audiences coming into the theaters. So, we presented stories they could relate to.

— Rudy Ray Moore