Nelson George Movies

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...

Chantel Mitchell, a hip, articulate, black high-school girl in Brooklyn, is determined not to become "just another girl on the IRT" (the IRT is one...

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

The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.

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

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...

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

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

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

Centers on the 1969 student protests against racism at Montreal’s Concordia University and their contribution to the story of Black liberation.

On Thursday, Nov. 7, 1991, Earvin "Magic" Johnson made people stop and watch at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. But this time it wasn't his basketball...

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...

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...

Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands...

Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the...

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world...

"PERFECT UPSET" is a 2005 sports documentary about the Villanova Wildcats' shocking win against the heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas in the 1985 NCAA...

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

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