To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema.

- Arthur Jafa

The problem with black cinema in its current form is on the one hand it is the only game in town; it's a very structured set-up and it's not conduciv…

- Arthur Jafa

I'll try to record the spiritual quality of the things that strike me.

- Arthur Jafa

Most of what we see are white people.

- Arthur Jafa

I remember when someone told me phones were going to have cameras on them, and I thought that was the dumbest idea I'd ever heard. Why would you want…

- Arthur Jafa

I have a very simple mantra and it's this: I want to make black cinema with the power, beauty, and alienation of black music. That's my big goal. The…

- Arthur Jafa

I've pushed myself to push toward things that disturb me. I've developed a habit of recording these things because these things often disappear.

- Arthur Jafa

I'm always making things, and I have this ongoing practice of compelling stuff that strikes me. Over the course of my life doing this, I've trained m…

- Arthur Jafa

It's a muscle that everybody needs to develop: the ability to see themselves in someone else's circumstances without having to paint that person whit…

- Arthur Jafa