Nelson George Movies

The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the past century. At the 1968 Summer...

Featurette included on the Criterion Collection's release of Gordon Parks’ feature debut, The Learning Tree. This documentary, produced in...

From his days as a child in North Carolina to his retirement from the Chicago Bulls in 1999, His Airness takes you on a journey through Michael...

Director Baz Luhrmann, actors Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, and others explore the life and legacy of Elvis Presley and the making of the acclaimed...

An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific...

A young white woman leaving a nightclub alone drops her cigarette lighter on the street. When a young black man follows her and attempts to return...

An action adventure film star becomes smitten with an idealistic high school teacher when he agrees to participate in a business deal involving the...

Emily Goldberg's first person journey through the Minneapolis music scene of the 80s. More

Rap music has articulated a black aesthetic that is influencing pop culture around the world. But does it also promote violence, misogyny, and crime?...

The story of Sport and Spoon - two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads...

A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV...

A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside...

Fifteen women are brought together a social networking invitation via a host with less than cordial motives.

The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption...

The film documents the development of hip hop culture since its inception in the 1970s. With interviews from various figures in the community such as...

Walt Frazier, arguably one of the most illustrious players in the history of the New York Knickerbockers, has emerged in the 21st century as a Big...

Wanda Pratt works tirelessly to raise three children, including future NBA basketball player Kevin Durant.