Sam Pollard
Born:
1945-04-20
From:
Harlem, New York, USA
Samuel D. Pollard (born 20 April, 1945; Harlem) is an American documentary director, producer and editor. His films have garnered numerous awards such as Peabodys, Emmys, and an Academy Award nomination. In 2020, the International Documentary Association gave him a career achievement award. Spike Lee, whose films Pollard has edited and produced, described him as being "a master filmmaker." Henry Louis Gates Jr. characterizes his work in this way: "When I think about his documentaries, they add up to a corpus — a way of telling African-American history in its various dimensions."
Production
Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent
Natchez
Teaching America
The Perfect Neighbor
This Is Not a Drill
Keeper
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Black Table
Carlos
LIFT
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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Outta the Muck
Hold Your Fire
A Crime on the Bayou
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
D. Wade: Life Unexpected
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Wrestle
Acorn and the Firestorm
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Jim Brown: All-American
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
Directing
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The Lorraine
Tutu
I Was Born This Way
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
South to Black Power
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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
The League
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
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Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Citizen Ashe
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
MLK/FBI
Mr. SOUL!
Maynard
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Acorn and the Firestorm
The Talk: Race in America
Two Trains Runnin'
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Slavery by Another Name
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Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
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Chinatown Film Project
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Love That Movie
Editing
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
The Picture Taker
Remote Area Medical
Venus and Serena
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Gerrymandering
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
Inside Man
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
The Chinatown Files
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Bamboozled
4 Little Girls
Girl 6
Clockers
Surviving the Game
Juice
Jungle Fever
Mo' Better Blues
A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
Private Resort
