Sam Pollard Movies

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

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

Explores the battle around the teaching of African-American studies from inside the classroom, focusing on the transformative journeys of the...

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

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

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

From ancient Chinese sculpture to the modern Broadway stage, cats have long been a source of inspiration for artists. This unusual film juxtaposes...

Documentarian Jeffrey Morgan set out to the track one woman's search for the truth about her great-great-aunt's 1908 murder. But his film quickly...

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...

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...

In the summer of ’83 a camera crew visited Valkhn Films, an editing house where Style Wars was being painstakingly spliced together. This 25...

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

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

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

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...

Movie fans reenact their favorite movie scenes word by word. This film focusing on the life of American movie buffs and their passion for movies and...

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

Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities follows realtor Brenda Dixon, mayoral candidate Khalid Kamau, club owner Devon Woodson, and social change...

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....

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...