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 white, make that person straight, or a man.
To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema. - Arthur Jafa
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
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…
I'll try to record the spiritual quality of the things that strike me. - Arthur Jafa
I'll try to record the spiritual quality of the things that strike me.
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've pushed myself to push toward things that disturb me. I've developed a habit of recording these things because these things often disappear.
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 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…
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 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…
I don't see race. I don't see color. - Arthur Jafa
I don't see race. I don't see color.
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
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…
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
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…
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