Sam Pollard Movies

  • 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
  • 2020
    D. Wade: Life Unexpected

    D. Wade: Life Unexpected

    D. Wade: Life Unexpected

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    For a decade, Dwayne Wade intimately documented his life and career with a film crew. The result is a remarkably candid portrait of one of the...

    D. Wade: Life Unexpected
  • 2023
    LIFT

    LIFT

    LIFT

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    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...

    LIFT
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2018
    Mr. SOUL!

    Mr. SOUL!

    Mr. SOUL!

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    On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising...

    Mr. SOUL!
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2021
    Hold Your Fire

    Hold Your Fire

    Hold Your Fire

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    In 1973, four young African-American men stealing guns for self-defense in Brooklyn were cornered by the NYPD. A violent gun battle killed a police...

    Hold Your Fire
  • 2025
    The Perfect Neighbor

    The Perfect Neighbor

    The Perfect Neighbor

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    A minor disagreement between neighbors in Florida takes a lethal turn, with police body camera footage and interviews probing the aftermath of the...

    The Perfect Neighbor
  • 2021
    Citizen Ashe

    Citizen Ashe

    Citizen Ashe

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    Follows the life and career of Arthur Ashe.

    Citizen Ashe
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 2007
    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

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

    Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Slavery by Another Name

    Slavery by Another Name

    Slavery by Another Name

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

    Slavery by Another Name