Sam Pollard Movies

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

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.

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...

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

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

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

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 film...

In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

Follows the life and career of Arthur Ashe.

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...