Cinema Quote by Will Packer

While the documentary community is way ahead of Hollywood, it is still nowhere near where it needs to be. Filmmakers of color rarely get…

— Roger Ross Williams

There's a lack of diversity amongst executives in the position of greenlighting a film who feel that their stories are being told. If there's…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

I would love more stories with strong characters of color who don't always fit the mold that Hollywood has created in the past.

— Winston Duke

Simultaneously, the movie business now experiments with a colorblind approach to casting.

— Michael Medved

There are advances in technology and enabling voices, but there are issues with the stories themselves. I think people of color are still not…

— Charles Burnett

It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for…

— Naveen Andrews

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

— Viola Davis

All too often, white documentary filmmakers are the ones telling the stories of people of color.

— Roger Ross Williams

In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.

— John Boorman

If a filmmaker is making a movie about a nice Midwestern family or a story that needs a very white character or a black…

— Sarita Choudhury

Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't compete against…

— Michelangelo Antonioni