Sam Pollard Movies

  • 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)
  • 2013
    Remote Area Medical

    Remote Area Medical

    Remote Area Medical

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    Amid the nation’s ongoing debate over health care reform, this bracing new documentary examines the everyday realities of Americans who lack...

    Remote Area Medical
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1981
    The Little Players

    The Little Players

    The Little Players

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    We visit a magical repertory company with an absolutely unique group of five actors you’ve never seen before. Uniquely talented, they present...

    The Little Players
  • 1997
    4 Little Girls

    4 Little Girls

    4 Little Girls

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    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...

    4 Little Girls
  • 2009
    Chinatown Film Project

    Chinatown Film Project

    Chinatown Film Project

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    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...

    Chinatown Film Project
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2001
    The Chinatown Files

    The Chinatown Files

    The Chinatown Files

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    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....

    The Chinatown Files
  • 2006
    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

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    John Ford and John Wayne — a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others’ lives, changed the...

    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
  • 2000
    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks

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

    Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
  • 2023
    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

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    In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland,...

    The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
  • 2022
    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

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    From his Memphis studio, Ernest Withers’ nearly 2 million images were a treasured record of Black history but his legacy was complicated by...

    The Picture Taker
  • 2008
    Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

    Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

    Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

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    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...

    Marvin Gaye: What's Going On
  • 2001
    The Making of 'Bamboozled'

    The Making of 'Bamboozled'

    The Making of 'Bamboozled'

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

    The Making of 'Bamboozled'
  • 2024
    Keeper

    Keeper

    Keeper

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    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...

    Keeper
  • 2007
    Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence

    Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence

    Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence

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    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...

    Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
  • 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