Sam Pollard Movies

  • 2020
    Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

    Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

    Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

    02020HD

    The historical ties between Black and Jewish Americans began long before the Civil Rights era. Shared Legacies explores this significant alliance,...

    Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
  • 1970
    Counting The Ballots

    Counting The Ballots

    Counting The Ballots

    01970HD

    Counting The Ballots
  • 2022
    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

    The Picture Taker

    02022HD

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

    The Picture Taker
  • 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
  • 2006
    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

    02006HD

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

    John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend
  • 2010
    Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV

    Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV

    Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV

    02010HD

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

    Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV
  • 2008
    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    82008HD

    Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their...

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
  • 1983
    Metropolitan Cats

    Metropolitan Cats

    Metropolitan Cats

    01983HD

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

    Metropolitan Cats
  • 2009
    Love That Movie

    Love That Movie

    Love That Movie

    02009HD

    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...

    Love That Movie
  • 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