Best things Quote by Spike Lee

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

— Joaquin Phoenix

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

Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

“Use filmmaking to eliminate racism – use to it terminate misogyny – use it to destroy homophobia and all other primitiveness.”

— Abhijit Naskar

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

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

I strongly believe film should create conversations around themes we are grappling with as a society.

— Stacy Martin

Racism and prejudice exist there [at the National Film Board] like anywhere else. My history at the Board has not been easy. It's been…

— Alanis Obomsawin

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

Hollywood has successfully produced many films framed by anti-racist or pro-integrationist story lines. I'm going to guess that since 'Gone With The Wind,' Hollywood…

— Joe Morton

The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

— Alan Parker

My films are intended as polemical statements against the American 'barrel down' cinema and its dis-empowerment of the spectator. They are an appeal for…

— Michael Haneke