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Sam Pollard Movies

  • 2021
    Citizen Ashe

    Citizen Ashe

    Citizen Ashe

    4.22021HD

    Follows the life and career of Arthur Ashe.

    Citizen Ashe
  • 2012
    Venus and Serena

    Venus and Serena

    Venus and Serena

    5.952012HD

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

    Venus and Serena
  • 2021
    A Crime on the Bayou

    A Crime on the Bayou

    A Crime on the Bayou

    62021HD

    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,...

    A Crime on the Bayou
  • 2023
    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    02023HD

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

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
  • 2017
    Acorn and the Firestorm

    Acorn and the Firestorm

    Acorn and the Firestorm

    52017HD

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

    Acorn and the Firestorm
  • 2014
    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    62014HD

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

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
  • 2012
    Slavery by Another Name

    Slavery by Another Name

    Slavery by Another Name

    7.1672012HD

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

    Slavery by Another Name
  • 2017
    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    6.92017HD

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

    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
  • 1970
    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

    01970HD

    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...

    Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till
  • 1970
    Counting The Ballots

    Counting The Ballots

    Counting The Ballots

    01970HD

    Counting The Ballots
  • 2015
    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

    02015HD

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

    August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
  • 2009
    Chinatown Film Project

    Chinatown Film Project

    Chinatown Film Project

    02009HD

    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...

    Chinatown Film Project
  • 1970
    The Sound of Philadelphia

    The Sound of Philadelphia

    The Sound of Philadelphia

    01970HD

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

    The Sound of Philadelphia
  • 2010
    Gerrymandering

    Gerrymandering

    Gerrymandering

    4.32010HD

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

    Gerrymandering
  • 2017
    The Talk: Race in America

    The Talk: Race in America

    The Talk: Race in America

    82017HD

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

    The Talk: Race in America
  • 2001
    The Chinatown Files

    The Chinatown Files

    The Chinatown Files

    02001HD

    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....

    The Chinatown Files
  • 1987
    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    01987HD

    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...

    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
  • 1981
    Forever Young

    Forever Young

    Forever Young

    01981HD

    Examines the fear of aging and what post-retirement years are really like by interviewing a group of active, interested people, all over the age of...

    Forever Young
  • 1970
    I Was Born This Way

    I Was Born This Way

    I Was Born This Way

    01970HD

    Archbishop Carl Bean sang the world’s first gay anthem, “I Was Born This Way,” for Motown Records before leaving the music business...

    I Was Born This Way
  • 1981
    Night of the Zombies

    Night of the Zombies

    Night of the Zombies

    1.51981HD

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

    Night of the Zombies