11.   Staples replied that his own course incorporated a large number of contributions by black filmmakers, but that minority students in his class still had poor attendance.

12.   Such insulting portrayals inspired the first independent black filmmakers, who formed their own companies and produced their films on shoestring budgets.

13.   That expectation, in turn, has left a number of black filmmakers feeling frustrated and angry.

14.   The most successful trend was comedies by black filmmakers or featuring black stars.

15.   The two-week festival is a showcase for the work of black filmmakers throughout the world.

16.   The trajectory has landed him on a short list of young black Hollywood filmmakers that includes John Singleton, the Hughes brothers, and Kasi Lemmons.

17.   Tillman spoke bluntly about his disappointment in the kinds of movies being made by black filmmakers.

18.   When it comes to the content of movies proposed by black filmmakers, some critics say, Hollywood has trouble going beyond guns, drugs and foul language.

19.   While he waited he pursued his own uncompromising course, a black filmmaker making movies about the black experience and lighting the way for others.

20.   Younger black filmmakers, while struggling to find financing for their movies, are almost uniformly reaching beyond drugs and death for their subject matter.