Sam Pollard Movies

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...

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

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

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...

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

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....

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

Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Documentary will explore how Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell – together known as "The Mighty Three" – founded the record label...

In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland,...

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

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...

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

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! Mr. SOUL will tell the biographical story of Ellis Haizlip, the producer and host of the...

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