Stanley Nelson Movies

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world...

This director's cut of the William Greaves' documentary short film dramatizes the life and deeds of the noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

This documentary examines the fraught relationship between African Americans and the police, often rife with tension, fear, suspicion and hostility...

Jesse Owens details Jesse's early career; describes Adolf Hitler s outsized ambitions for the 1936 Olympics; explores the movement in Western...

A documentary examining the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago while visiting relatives in Mississippi, and the broad impact of his...

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.

The history of business and entrepreneurship lies at the heart of the American story, but often absent are the names and experiences of African...

See how alt-right icon Steve Bannon’s years as a documentary filmmaker catapulted him to Breitbart News and the Trump White House.

The history of black newspapers in America.

After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult...

After Jackie celebrates the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s integration into Major League Baseball. Robinson opened the door for other...

Documentary about the first self-made American millionairess, Madam C.J. Walker.

On May 17, 1954, in its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal," ending...

One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in...

Filmmaker Sergio Rapu follows Anishinaabe artist Jonathan Thunder as he dives deep into the inspirations behind his surrealist paintings and...

Following a cancer diagnosis, Sister Úna—a mischievous, rule-breaking Catholic nun dedicated to social justice—chooses to live as...

A haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries—and path of promise toward the American dream—Black colleges and...

An intimate portrait of two inner-city barbershops that provide patrons with more than haircuts.

Through never-before-accessed records and archives, historical footage, expert commentary, and interviews with residents, San Juan Hill:...

Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican...