Sam Pollard Movies

  • 2017
    Acorn and the Firestorm

    Acorn and the Firestorm

    Acorn and the Firestorm

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    For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting...

    Acorn and the Firestorm
  • 2014
    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

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    Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
  • 1973
    Ganja & Hess

    Ganja & Hess

    Ganja & Hess

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    After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.

    Ganja & Hess
  • 2023
    South to Black Power

    South to Black Power

    South to Black Power

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    In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a...

    South to Black Power
  • 2021
    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

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    An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light
  • 2023
    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

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    The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from...

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
  • 1970
    The Sound of Philadelphia

    The Sound of Philadelphia

    The Sound of Philadelphia

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    Documentary will explore how Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell – together known as "The Mighty Three" – founded the record label...

    The Sound of Philadelphia
  • 1987
    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

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    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...

    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
  • 2025
    I Was Born This Way

    I Was Born This Way

    I Was Born This Way

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    Surviving childhood abuse during his upbringing in Baltimore, Archbishop Carl Bean forged a path to New York and Hollywood to do the one thing he...

    I Was Born This Way
  • 2017
    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

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

    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
  • 1981
    Night of the Zombies

    Night of the Zombies

    Night of the Zombies

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    Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate....

    Night of the Zombies
  • 2015
    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

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    Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle...

    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
  • 2021
    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

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    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.

    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
  • 2022
    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

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    Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent...

    Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
  • 2021
    Citizen Ashe

    Citizen Ashe

    Citizen Ashe

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    Follows the life and career of Arthur Ashe.

    Citizen Ashe
  • 2026
    Natchez

    Natchez

    Natchez

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    Filmmaker Suzannah Herbert takes a sharp look at the American South’s unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum...

    Natchez
  • 2012
    Joe Papp in Five Acts

    Joe Papp in Five Acts

    Joe Papp in Five Acts

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    Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North...

    Joe Papp in Five Acts
  • 2016
    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

    Two Trains Runnin'

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    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...

    Two Trains Runnin'
  • 2012
    Venus and Serena

    Venus and Serena

    Venus and Serena

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    Venus and Serena takes an honest and unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of sisters and tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams. Through the...

    Venus and Serena
  • 2023
    The League

    The League

    The League

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    The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel...

    The League