Sam Pollard

In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a “reverse Great Migration” of African Americans from the North back to the South to upend today’s political power structures while reclaiming the land and culture they left behind. South to Black Power does more than illustrate Blow’s enlightening ideas; we journey through Blow’s personal story, from his childhood in Louisiana to his role as father to young adult children in New York City, showing us the hard-won truths behind his vision for the future.

Lift shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young homeless and home-insecure ballet dancers in New York City and the mentor that inspires them.

Follows Santana's journey from 14-year-old street musician to a 10-time Grammy winning global sensation. Features unseen archival footage and tracks.

Unpacks the ethics and responsibility inherent in documentary filmmaking by examining well-known documentaries of the past decade, and revealing the impact their commercial success has had on the lives of the onscreen subjects.

La historia de la valiente campaña de ciudadanos y activistas que se enfrentaron a la violencia y la opresión en la lucha por el derecho al voto.

From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by decades of secret FBI service revealed only after his death. Was he a friend of the civil rights community, or enemy—or both?

Family, football and history come to life in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida. We take a journey back home, with filmmaker Ira McKinley, to the land of sugarcane, as he reconnects with his niece Bridget and nephew Alvin and explores their shared family history that spans seven generations. Told through stories that transcend space and time, Outta The Muck presents a community, and a family, that resists despair with love, remaining fiercely self-determined, while forging its own unique narrative of Black achievement.

Sigue la vida y carrera de Arthur Ashe.

En 1973, cuatro jóvenes afroamericanos que robaban armas para defenderse en Brooklyn fueron acorralados por la policía de Nueva York. Un tiroteo violento mató a un oficial de policía, comenzando el asedio de rehenes más largo en la historia de la policía de Nueva York. La política de 130 años de la policía de Nueva York era dar un ultimátum y luego responder con fuerza letal. ¿Podría el visionario psicólogo policial Harvey Schlossberg convencer a sus superiores de hacer lo impensable: negociar con "criminales" y salvar a doce rehenes de un baño de sangre inminente? En una película nunca antes vista y entrevistas apasionantes con sobrevivientes, HOLD YOUR FIRE descubre lo que realmente sucedió en este evento histórico con el potencial de revolucionar la policía estadounidense.

A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, Duncan tries to break up an argument between white and Black teenagers outside a newly integrated school. He gently lays his hand on a white boy’s arm. The boy recoils like a snake. That night, police burst into Duncan’s trailer and arrest him for assault on a minor. A young Jewish attorney, Richard Sobol, leaves his prestigious D.C. firm to volunteer in New Orleans. With his help, Duncan bravely stands up to a racist legal system powered by a white supremacist boss to challenge his unfair arrest. Their fight goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and their lifelong friendship is forged.

A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.

Una introducción al trabajo de algunos de los artistas visuales negros más destacados que trabajan en la actualidad, inspirada en la histórica exposición de 1976 del difunto David Driskell, "Dos siglos de arte afroamericano".

Una introducción al trabajo de algunos de los artistas visuales negros más destacados que trabajan en la actualidad, inspirada en la histórica exposición de 1976 del difunto David Driskell, "Dos siglos de arte afroamericano".

"Martin Luther King y el FBI" pone en evidencia la fuerza que Martin Luther King tenía y la amenaza que esto suponía para el gobierno norteamericano. Lo consideraban "el negro más peligroso en América".Martin Luther King es conocido en todas partes del mundo. En todos los rincones del planeta han escuchado la historia de uno de los activistas por los derechos civiles de los negros que más ha conseguido hasta el momento. Era capaz de mover masas como si de una estrella de rock se tratase y su discurso "tengo un sueño" es conocido por todos pero, ¿cómo lo veía La casa blanca y qué supuso para él todo esto?

El próximo documental de Dwyane Wade ofrece una mirada a los altibajos de la vida y carrera de la superestrella de la NBA.

The historical ties between Black and Jewish Americans began long before the Civil Rights era. Shared Legacies explores this significant alliance, sharing eyewitness accounts, interviews with civil rights leaders, including the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, and a treasure trove of archival footage. The film is a tribute to the pursuit of what Dr. King called a "coalition of conscience" and a celebration of partnership, as well as an urgent call to action for today.

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!

Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The son of pastors raised in the segregated South, Jackson entered college at 14 and took office at 35. During his three-term tenure, he led the city through the traumatic Atlanta child murders scare and triumphantly hosted the 1996 Olympics, all while championing racial equality. Family and colleagues, including Bill Clinton, Andrew Young and Al Sharpton, tell the epic story of a dynamic leader and his legacy of honor and progress.

Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The son of pastors raised in the segregated South, Jackson entered college at 14 and took office at 35. During his three-term tenure, he led the city through the traumatic Atlanta child murders scare and triumphantly hosted the 1996 Olympics, all while championing racial equality. Family and colleagues, including Bill Clinton, Andrew Young and Al Sharpton, tell the epic story of a dynamic leader and his legacy of honor and progress.

Jamario, Jaquan, Jailen y Teague son compañeros de equipo en el J.O. Equipo de lucha libre de Johnson High School en Huntsville, Alabama. Dirigidos por su entrenador apasionado, están tratando de calificar para los Campeonatos Estatales, pero las presiones fuera del ring (rupturas emocionales, discriminación racial por parte de la policía, embarazo en la adolescencia) están aumentando para cada uno de los jóvenes.

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the worst of liberal policies. Riding high on the momentum of Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008, ACORN was at its political zenith when a hidden-camera video sparked a national scandal and brought it crashing down. The story involves voter fraud, a fake prostitute, and the rise of Breitbart.com.

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the worst of liberal policies. Riding high on the momentum of Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008, ACORN was at its political zenith when a hidden-camera video sparked a national scandal and brought it crashing down. The story involves voter fraud, a fake prostitute, and the rise of Breitbart.com.

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the worst of liberal policies. Riding high on the momentum of Barack Obama’s presidential victory in 2008, ACORN was at its political zenith when a hidden-camera video sparked a national scandal and brought it crashing down. The story involves voter fraud, a fake prostitute, and the rise of Breitbart.com.

A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented song-and-dance man.

Documentary about the increasingly necessary conversation taking place in homes and communities across the country between parents of color and their children, especially sons, about how to behave if they are ever stopped by the police.

The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s.

Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronicling a century of African-American life. Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.

Amid the nation’s ongoing debate over health care reform, this bracing new documentary examines the everyday realities of Americans who lack access to affordable medical treatment. Filmed during three days in the operation of a “no-cost” clinic set up annually at Bristol, Tennessee’s NASCAR speedway, Remote Area Medical documents the range of medical care the eponymous organization provides to low-income patients in the heart of Appalachia.

Realiza una mirada sin filtros a las notables vidas de las dos hermanas que el tenis profesional jamás haya visto. En un deporte donde no se les dio la bienvenida, las indomables hermanas Williams se enfrentaron a la oposición con la gracia y el coraje, no sólo abriendo nuevos caminos para las atletas estadounidenses femeninas y africanas en todas partes, sino dominando el juego durante más de una década. La película cuenta la inspiradora historia de cómo estas dos mujeres, a pesar de todo, y con la ayuda de sus visionarios padres, lograron llegar a la cima. (FILMAFFINITY)

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—is profiled in this documentary that neither sanctifies nor vilifies him. He brought us free Shakespeare in the Park, Hair and A Chorus Line, and nurtured many of America’s greatest playwrights, directors and actors. His complex personality and mercurial behavior are much in evidence and spoken of with frankness through interviews with some of America’s most celebrated artists, including Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Kevin Kline, and James Earl Jones.

A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.

Gerrymandering is a 2010 documentary feature film written and directed by Jeff Reichert. The film explores the history and the ethical, moral and racial problems raised by redistricting, i.e., the drawing of boundaries of electoral districts in the United States.Gerrymandering covers the history of the redistricting practice, how it is used and abused, how it benefits the two major major political parties, Democrats and Republicans. The documentary draws on the perspectives from different individuals, reporters, pundits and politicians.

Chinatown is an evocative place. It exists in our cities, in our imaginations, on our television screens, and in our memories. It is at once a sprawling, vibrant immigrant community and a forgotten strip mall of buffet restaurants.

Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their Eyes Were Watching God), established the African American vernacular as one of the most vital, inventive voices in American literature. This definitive film biography, eighteen years in the making, portrays Zora in all her complexity: gifted, flamboyant, and controversial but always fiercely original.

When Marvin Gaye died in 1984, he left behind one of the great legacies in American music. More than a superb vocalist and subtle composer, he was a visionary who expressed the tenor of his times. Both radical and romantic, a self-taught singer with a flair for autobiographical revelation, he thrived on confession and loved candor.

When Marvin Gaye died in 1984, he left behind one of the great legacies in American music. More than a superb vocalist and subtle composer, he was a visionary who expressed the tenor of his times. Both radical and romantic, a self-taught singer with a flair for autobiographical revelation, he thrived on confession and loved candor.

Interviews, archival footage and home movies are used to illustrate a social history of folk artists Pete Seeger.

John Ford and John Wayne — a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others’ lives, changed the movies, and in the process, changed the way America saw itself. It was a relationship that reflected all the elements and all the paradoxes of 20th century America — generosity of spirit, abuse of power, a sense of loyalty, and a restless nationalism that didn’t quite know what to do with itself.

Enfrentamiento entre un duro policía y un inteligente atracador durante un tenso secuestro con rehenes en un banco de Manhattan. Según se desarrolla el peligroso juego del gato y el ratón, aparece una tercera persona que ha sido contratada por el influyente propietario del banco. Se trata de Madaline, una poderosa bróker que tiene una agenda secreta.

In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last time.

Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present and future—focusing on his athletic career, acting and activism. Many people from Hollywood and sports backgrounds were interviewed for the film. Members of Brown's family were also interviewed for the film.

This documentary brings to the public, for the first time, a story that was classified as secret by the US government for over four decades. Exploring the roots and legacy of the Cold War on the Chinese American community during the 1950s and the 1960s, it presents first hand accounts of seven men and women's experiences of being hunted down, jailed and targeted for deportation in America.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Spike Lee's satirical take on the American entertainment industry.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Spike Lee's satirical take on the American entertainment industry.

An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet, musician and filmmaker.

Pierre Delacroix, un joven graduado de la Universidad de Harvard, es la única persona de color que trabaja como libretista de una nueva y problemática cadena de televisión. A pesar de varios intentos, Delacroix todavía no ha visto producidos ninguno de sus proyectos. Su jefe, el ambicioso Dunwitty, le da un ultimátum: si no crea un éxito televisivo será despedido. (FILMAFFINITY)

Aclamado primer documental de Spike Lee en donde cuenta los detalles sobre la bomba que, en 1963, se puso en una iglesia de Birminghan que mató a cuatro pequeñas colegialas.

Aclamado primer documental de Spike Lee en donde cuenta los detalles sobre la bomba que, en 1963, se puso en una iglesia de Birminghan que mató a cuatro pequeñas colegialas.

Cuando una atractiva actriz descubre que el único trabajo que puede conseguir es el de sexo-telefonista decide sacar el mayor provecho de ello y pronto se convierte en la chica más popular de la ciudad.

Strike es un camello que trabaja las 24 horas del día. Cuando un importante narcotraficante de Brooklyn le informa sobre la posibilidad de mejorar su situación, un camello rival acaba siendo asesinado. El inspector Mazilli quiere una detención rápida, pero su compañero Rocco, se inclina por algo mucho más complicado: descubrir la verdad.

Un indigente de color acepta un empleo como sirviente de un grupo de caza en las montañas Rocosas. Esta vez, desean cazar algo especial...

Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation’s history, the neighborhood rose from the ashes, and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the U.S., known as “Black Wall Street.” Ironically, it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s. Told through the memories of those who lived through the events, the film is a bittersweet celebration of small-town life and the resilience of a community’s spirit.

Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst racially-motivated massacres in the nation’s history, the neighborhood rose from the ashes, and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Black-owned businesses in the U.S., known as “Black Wall Street.” Ironically, it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s. Told through the memories of those who lived through the events, the film is a bittersweet celebration of small-town life and the resilience of a community’s spirit.

Cuatro chicos de Harlem conviven con la música rap (del cual uno intenta convertirse en un gran DJ), las máquinas recreativas del bar al que van cuando hacen novillos, y las bandas callejeras. Bishop, el más influyente del grupo, convence a los demás para atracar un ultramarinos. Este hecho marcará su amistad y sobre todo sus vidas...

Fliper Purify, un joven arquitecto de raza negra, comienza a salir con su secretaria, una chica blanca de origen italiano que tiene que cuidar de su padre. También Fliper tiene que atender a su hermano, un drogadicto. Ambos deciden confesar a sus respectivas familias que se han enamorado: la mujer de Flipper lo echa de casa y le prohíbe ver a su hija. Por su parte, el padre de Ángela, católico y racista, le pega una paliza y también la echa de casa

Bleek Gilliam, un trompetista, lidera junto al saxofonista Shadow Henderson un quinteto de Jazz que actúa en un club de los bajos fondos. Aunque Shadow disfruta de un mayor protagonismo en la banda, a Bleek no le van mal las cosas. Sin embargo los problemas surgen y se ve obligado a tomar decisiones. Por una parte, Bleek debe salir en defensa del manager del grupo, un amigo de la infancia con problemas de juego que frecuentemente es apaleado por sus acreedores. Por otra, el trompetista se ve en la encrucijada de tener que elegir entre dos mujeres, una maestra de escuela y una cantante, con las que mantiene una relación sentimental paralela. Por si fuera poco, su rivalidad profesional con Shadow amenaza con dividir a la banda.

One in a series of 13 documentaries on renowned American poets produced by the New York Center for Visual History. Described by director St. Clair Bourne as “a narrative performance documentary,” this category-defiant film on the life of poet and writer Hughes and the times in which he lived and worked moves from America to Senegal to Paris, from the 1920s Harlem Renaissance to the Black Pride awakening of the 1960s.

Ben y Jack, dos jóvenes a la búsqueda de romance y aventuras, están dispuestos a pasar las vacaciones de su vida en un lujoso hotel de Miami llamado Private Resort. Allí se proponen disfrutar de su afición favorita: perseguir chicas.

Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Un chico universitario, aficionado al boxeo, se ve obligado a dejar sus estudios y dedicarse al boxeo profesional a causa de la necesidad de dinero para curar a su hermana pequeña que sufre poliomielitis. La Mafia se apodera de él, engañándole y haciéndole creer que tendrá fama y dinero para el resto de sus días. Esta situación le coloca ante un dilema: ponerse a favor de la Mafia perdiendo las relaciones que mantiene con sus amigos, unas relaciones que jamás volverá a tener o vencer y llegar con dignidad a campeón del mundo aunque en ello se le vaya la vida...

Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA special-agent Nick Monroe is sent to flush out what are suspected to be deserters from the old U.S. Army Chemical Corps unit. Not to be confused with the 1980 Italian film of the same name (in USA).

Biography: Ol’ Dirty Bastard presents viewers with the untold story of the man and the musician who made an immense cultural impact across just a few short years. Having gained exclusive rights to a never-before-seen personal archive shot by his wife alongside access to his closest friends and family, the doc is described by the filmmakers as a culture-defining special that humanizes ODB as a man, a father and a husband like never before.