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Stanley Nelson Movies

Director

Best Known

All Movies

54 movies

Directed 27

TBA
American Masters: Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
American Masters: Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Director
Documentary
2026
The Color of Cola
The Color of Cola
Director, Executive Producer
Documentary
2025
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Critical Condition: Health in Black America
Director
Documentary
We Want the Funk!
We Want the Funk!
Director
Documentary, Music
2024
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood
Director
Documentary
2023
Sound of the Police
Sound of the Police
Director, Producer
Documentary
2022
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Becoming Frederick Douglass
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
Documentary
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Director
Documentary
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer
Director, Writer
Documentary
The Black Press Soldiers Without Swords
The Black Press Soldiers Without Swords
Director, Writer, Producer
Documentary
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Director, Writer, Producer
Documentary
2021
Attica
Attica
Director, Writer, Producer
Documentary
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Director
Documentary
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Director
Documentary
2020
Vick
Vick
Director
Documentary
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Director, Producer
History, Documentary, Music
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Director, Producer
Documentary
2018
The Story of Access
The Story of Access
Director
Documentary
2017
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Director, Writer, Producer
Documentary
2012
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
Director
Documentary
2010
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders
Director, Writer, Producer
History, Documentary
2007
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Director
History, Documentary, TV Movie
2004
A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own
Director, Writer, Producer · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Documentary
Beyond Brown Pursuing the Promise
Beyond Brown Pursuing the Promise
Director
Documentary
2003
The Murder of Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till
Director
Documentary
2001
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Director
Documentary
1987
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker
Director, Producer, Editor, Researcher
Documentary

Writing & Producing 24

TBA
True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power
True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power
Executive Producer
Documentary
Picket Line
Picket Line
Executive Producer
Documentary
2026
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Executive Producer
Documentary
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Executive Producer
Documentary, Music
2025
Lani B. Supreme: Legacy
Lani B. Supreme: Legacy
Executive Producer
Cindy Tran: From Here to Here
Cindy Tran: From Here to Here
Executive Producer
Documentary
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect
Executive Producer
Documentary
The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor
Executive Producer
Documentary
Free for All: The Public Library
Free for All: The Public Library
Executive Producer
Documentary
2024
Disco's Revenge
Disco's Revenge
Executive Producer
History, Documentary, Music
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
Executive Producer
Documentary
2023
Bulls and Saints
Bulls and Saints
Executive Producer
Documentary
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Executive Producer
Documentary
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Executive Producer
2022
Hazing
Hazing
Executive Producer
Documentary
After Jackie
After Jackie
Producer
History, Documentary
2021
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Executive Producer
Documentary
2017
American Carnage
American Carnage
Executive Producer
Documentary
Gavin Grimm vs.
Gavin Grimm vs.
Executive Producer
Documentary
2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Executive Producer
Documentary
2012
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
Writer, Producer
History, Documentary
2009
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Executive Producer
History, Documentary
1981
Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide
Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide
Writer

Other 3

2018
Black Memorabilia
Black Memorabilia
Script Supervisor
Documentary
1985
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Frederick Douglass: An American Life
Sound Recordist
Drama, History
1976
Just Doin It A Tale of Two Barbershops
Just Doin It A Tale of Two Barbershops
Sound, Assistant Editor
Documentary