Sam Pollard

Assaltantes vestidos com uniformes de pintor invadem um movimentado banco em Nova York e fazem reféns. A polícia chega ao local esperando resolver ...

24 de mar. de 2006

Quatro rapazes do Harlem ensaiam para participar de concurso de música. Mas o talento e o esforço do grupo não bastam. Eles também têm de enfrentar...

17 de jan. de 1992

Jack (Johnny Depp) e seu amigo Ben (Rob Morrow) vão para um hotel na Flórida planejando passar cada minuto de sua estadia procurando por lindas gar...

03 de mai. de 1985

Agente que carrega drogas para traficantes é acusado por crime que não cometeu. O irmão, rapaz honesto, confessa o crime. Dois policiais estão enca...

15 de set. de 1995

Mason é um morador de rua que tenta suicídio após perder seu velho amigo Hawkins. Cole, um voluntário na missão da rua 7, o salva e lhe oferece uma...

15 de abr. de 1994

07 de jun. de 1991

Executivo negro de rede de televisão, formado em Harvard, fica frustrado quando sua ideia para um programa de humor inteligente é rejeitada e cria ...

06 de jul. de 2001

22 de mar. de 1996

Ainda muito jovem, o pequeno Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington) era forçado pelos pais a estudar trompete, o que não lhe deixava tempo nenhum para s...

03 de ago. de 1990

This lively and intimately-crafted documentary immerses the audience in rock icon Carlos Santana's life and musical trajectory. Filmmaker Rudy Vald...

23 de set. de 2023

Black Art: In the Absence of Light é um documentário americano de 2021, dirigido e produzido por Sam Pollard. O filme segue vários artistas afro-am...

09 de fev. de 2021

23 de jan. de 1984

Documentário da HBO que reavalia a migração de afro-americanos do sul para o norte dos EUA entre 1916 e 1970 para escapar às leis de segregação Jim...

28 de nov. de 2023

A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to re...

09 de out. de 1981

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack...

03 de nov. de 2009

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 da...

15 de set. de 2023

Documentário que relembra um dos piores crimes raciais da história americana. Em pleno apogeu dos movimentos por direitos civis, uma bomba explode ...

09 de jul. de 1997

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

24 de jan. de 2025

Dos aclamados diretores Rex Miller e Sam Pollard. este documentário impactante retrata o legado do grande tenista e célebre apoiador de causas soci...

03 de dez. de 2021

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.

17 de jun. de 2021

The untold story of the man and the musician who made an immense cultural impact across just a few short years. Having gained exclusive rights to a...

25 de ago. de 2024

A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented song-...

11 de set. de 2017

Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The fil...

22 de mar. de 2002

14 de set. de 2007

15 de jan. de 2021

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North Ameri...

30 de abr. de 2012

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 spra...

01 de jul. de 2009

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

11 de fev. de 2012

Por uma década, Dwyane Wade documentou intimamente sua vida e carreira com uma equipe de filmagem. O resultado é um retrato notavelmente sincero de...

14 de abr. de 2022

Jamario, Jaquan, Jailen, and Teague are teammates on the J.O. Johnson High School wrestling team in Huntsville, Alabama. Led by their passionate co...

06 de abr. de 2018

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 ...

13 de nov. de 2024

The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satche...

09 de jul. de 2023

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

27 de abr. de 2018

Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, this documentary tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coo...

02 de dez. de 2022

30 de nov. de 2000

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN advocated for America’s poorest communities, while its detractors accused it of promoting the wo...

23 de abr. de 2017

Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate....

01 de jun. de 1981

Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

10 de ago. de 2014

Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chro...

20 de fev. de 2015

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 ...

07 de mai. de 2008

The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions fro...

12 de mar. de 2023

The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi ...

08 de abr. de 2016

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

06 de abr. de 2013

Venus and Serena takes an honest and unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of sisters and tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams. Through the...

06 de out. de 2012

A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, D...

18 de jun. de 2021

In September of 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival, the Weavers sang together for possibly the last time.

17 de set. de 2004

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

17 de abr. de 2001

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 ...

23 de fev. de 1987

Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlanta’s first black mayor in 1973. The son of p...

16 de nov. de 2017

Brooklyn, 1972. Shu'aib Raheem tentou roubar armas para autodefesa, iniciando o mais longo cerco de reféns na história do NYPD. O psicólogo da polí...

13 de nov. de 2021

Goin’ Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s des...

01 de mar. de 1993

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. Explor...

09 de nov. de 2001

Family, football and history come to life in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida. ...

24 de fev. de 2022

Gerrymandering is a 2010 documentary feature film written and directed by Jeff Reichert. The film explores the history and the ethical, moral and r...

15 de out. de 2010

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

01 de jan. de 1981

The historical ties between Black and Jewish Americans began long before the Civil Rights era. Shared Legacies explores this significant alliance, ...

10 de fev. de 2020

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to abolish affirmative action, this film thoughtfully looks back at the largest class of Black students...

08 de jun. de 2024

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

27 de out. de 2022

Documentary about the increasingly necessary conversation taking place in homes and communities across the country between parents of color and the...

20 de fev. de 2017

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

10 de mai. de 2006

Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their ...

16 de ago. de 2008

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, f...

This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, art...

The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a ...

Este documentário biográfico examina o legado do campeão Bill Russell tanto na NBA quanto na luta pelos direitos civis.

Quer se trate de racismo, homofobia, ódio religioso, ódio étnico ou ódio de classe, o ódio invadir a sociedade. Alex Gibney e Steven Spielberg se r...

Explora os famosos fotógrafos Campbell Addy, Cristina Mittermeier, Paul Nicklen, Muhammed Muheisen, Anand Varma, Dan Winters e Krystle Wright, que ...

Novas evidências vêm à tona no sequestro e assassinato de aproximadamente 30 crianças e jovens adultos afro-americanos que ocorreram ao longo de um...

The definitive story of the Civil Rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement t...

Acompanhe o caos que se desenrolou nos primeiros dias da crise dos reféns; os eventos mudam quando Khomeini sanciona a tomada de poder e de reféns ...

Spike Lee returns to New Orleans five years after Katrina to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City are playing out.

A history of African-American arts in the 20th century.

A landmark four-part series exploring segregation from the end of the civil war to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. Lynchings and beat...