Sam Pollard Movies
- 2021
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)42021HD
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.
- 2013
Remote Area Medical
Remote Area Medical6.82013HD
Amid the nation’s ongoing debate over health care reform, this bracing new documentary examines the everyday realities of Americans who lack...
- 2016
Two Trains Runnin'
Two Trains Runnin'7.22016HD
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...
- 2017
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me6.92017HD
A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented...
- 2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand02015HD
Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle...
- 1981
The Little Players
The Little Players01981HD
We visit a magical repertory company with an absolutely unique group of five actors you’ve never seen before. Uniquely talented, they present...
- 1997
4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls7.31997HD
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a...
- 2009
Chinatown Film Project
Chinatown Film Project02009HD
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...
- 2012
Venus and Serena
Venus and Serena6.12012HD
Venus and Serena takes an honest and unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of sisters and tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams. Through the...
- 1970
The Sound of Philadelphia
The Sound of Philadelphia01970HD
Documentary will explore how Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell – together known as "The Mighty Three" – founded the record label...
- 2001
The Chinatown Files
The Chinatown Files02001HD
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....
- 2006
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend02006HD
John Ford and John Wayne — a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others’ lives, changed the...
- 2000
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks62000HD
An intimate look at the life and career of Gordon Parks a true Renaissance man who has excelled as a photographer, novelist, journalist, poet,...
- 2023
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools82023HD
In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland,...
- 2022
The Picture Taker
The Picture Taker02022HD
From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...
- 2008
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On02008HD
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...
- 2001
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
The Making of 'Bamboozled'12001HD
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Spike Lee's satirical take on the American entertainment industry.
- 2024
Keeper
Keeper02024HD
For Flynn, a single father and empty nester in the Bronx, beekeeping is a source of calm, wisdom, and healing. Undeterred by his severe allergy to...
- 2007
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence02007HD
Documentarian Jeffrey Morgan set out to the track one woman's search for the truth about her great-great-aunt's 1908 murder. But his film quickly...
- 1987
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper01987HD
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...