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Samuel D. Pollard is an American film director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. 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.
Sam Pollard is known for Mr. Soul! (2018), Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017) and MLK/FBI (2020).
Jan 15, 2021 · But at certain points, “MLK/FBI,” directed by Sam Pollard, dwells on seemingly throwaway shots of the Rev. Dr. King on the road — composed as ever, yet worried, the world on his mind.
Jul 14, 2023 · Sam Pollard’s documentary “The League” introduces audiences to the teams, stars and little-known figures who populated the Negro leagues by chronicling how Black professional baseball first...
Jan 13, 2021 · Veteran editor, producer, and director Sam Pollard is among cinema’s most dedicated chroniclers of the Black experience in America, moving freely across film and long-form television as well as narrative and documentary for the past four decades.
May 12, 2021 · Harlem-born Sam Pollard, a filmmaker and Oscar nominated editor, has spent his entire career chronicling the Black American experience. Pollard, now a professor of film at New York University for the last 27 years, found his passion for movies by watching the works of Howard Hawks, John Ford, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Nov 2, 2023 · November 2, 2023 | June Jennings. Sam Pollard is the co-director and co-producer of Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes, a portrait of the inimitable drummer and composer Max...
