Henry Louis Gates Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and on television in films such as 'Tarzan' and in programs such as 'Ramar of the Jungle' and 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.'

  Henry Louis Gates

  Movie, Queens, Character

• So, the kind of precious memories about being black for my generation won't exist for my kids' and grandkids' generations unless we preserve them through fiction, through film, through comic books, and every other form of media we can possibly utilize to perpetuate the story of the great African-American people.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Memories, Book, Kids

  "Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The “The African Americans” Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com. October 15, 2013.

• I think that is what we do by preserving and telling our stories. If you don't tell your stories, other people will tell their story about you. It's important that we nurture and protect these memories. Things change. Existence means change. So, the kind of precious memories about being black for my generation won't exist for my kids' and grandkids' generations unless we preserve them through fiction, through film, through comic books, and every other form of media we can possibly utilize to perpetuate the story of the great African-American people.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Memories, Book, Mean

  Source: pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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