Sam Pollard
Known for DirectingBorn 1945-04-20 (age 81)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."Read more
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Natchez
2026 · Movie
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Photographer
2024 · Series
I'll Make Me a World
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I'll Make Me a World
1999 · Series
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Wrestle
2018 · Movie
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
2023 · Movie
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The Talk: Race in America
2017 · Movie
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Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
2008 · Movie
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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000 · Movie
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Inside Man
2006 · Movie
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The Blues
2003 · Series
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Bill Russell: Legend
2023 · Series
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Two Trains Runnin'
2016 · Movie
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Style Wars
1984 · Movie
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Carlos
2023 · Movie
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Slavery by Another Name
2012 · Movie
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D. Wade: Life Unexpected
2020 · Movie
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Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
2020 · Series
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Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Movie
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4 Little Girls
1997 · Movie
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Juice
1992 · Movie
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Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021 · Movie
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
2007 · Movie
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Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017 · Movie
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The Perfect Neighbor
2025 · Movie
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MLK/FBI
2020 · Movie
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Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal
2004 · Movie
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
2002 · Series
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Remote Area Medical
2013 · Movie
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By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
2009 · Movie
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Why We Hate
2019 · Series
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A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
1988 · Movie
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Eyes on the Prize
1987 · Series
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American Masters
1986 · Series
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Subject
2023 · Movie
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Hold Your Fire
2021 · Movie
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Clockers
1995 · Movie
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Movie
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Independent Lens
1999 · Series
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Tiger
2021 · Series
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If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010 · Series
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Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
2025 · Series
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The League
2023 · Movie
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Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Movie
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American Experience
1988 · Series
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Hostages
2022 · Series
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Jungle Fever
1991 · Movie
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Bamboozled
2000 · Movie
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Black Table
2024 · Movie