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Stanley Nelson

A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

As Self - Narrator (voice)

2004

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

Executive Producer

2026

Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect

Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect

Executive Producer

2025

True North

True North

Executive Producer

2025

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible

Executive Producer

2025

The Inquisitor

The Inquisitor

Executive Producer

2025

Free for All: The Public Library

Free for All: The Public Library

Executive Producer

2025

Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

Executive Producer

2024

Disco's Revenge

Disco's Revenge

Executive Producer

2024

Bulls and Saints

Bulls and Saints

Executive Producer

2023

Sound of the Police

Sound of the Police

Producer

2023

Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

Executive Producer

2023

Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology

Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology

Executive Producer

2023

Sydney G. James: How We See Us

Sydney G. James: How We See Us

Executive Producer

2023

Becoming Frederick Douglass

Becoming Frederick Douglass

Producer

2022

Becoming Frederick Douglass

Becoming Frederick Douglass

Executive Producer

2022

After Jackie

After Jackie

Producer

2022

Hazing

Hazing

Executive Producer

2022

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day

Executive Producer

2021

Attica

Attica

Producer

2021

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Producer

2019

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

Producer

2019

American Carnage

American Carnage

Executive Producer

2017

Gavin Grimm vs.

Gavin Grimm vs.

Executive Producer

2017

Picket Line

Picket Line

Executive Producer

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

Producer

2017

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Executive Producer

2015

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Producer

2015

Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

Producer

2012

Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders

Producer

2010

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Executive Producer

2008

A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

Producer

2004

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

Producer

1999

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker

Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker

Producer

1987

Critical Condition: Health in Black America

Critical Condition: Health in Black America

Director

2025

We Want the Funk!

We Want the Funk!

Director

2025

San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood

San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood

Director

2024

Sound of the Police

Sound of the Police

Director

2023

Becoming Frederick Douglass

Becoming Frederick Douglass

Director

2022

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

Director

2021

Attica

Attica

Director

2021

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre

Director

2021

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Director

2021

Vick

Vick

Director

2020

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Director

2019

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

BOSS: The Black Experience in Business

Director

2019

The Story of Access

The Story of Access

Director

2018

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

2017

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Director

2015

Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer

Director

2014

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

Director

2012

Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders

Director

2010

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Director

2006

A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

Director

2004

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

Director

2004

The Murder of Emmett Till

The Murder of Emmett Till

Director

2003

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

Director

2001

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

Director

1999

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

1987

Attica

Attica

Writer

2021

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities

Screenplay

2017

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Writer

2015

Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer

Writer

2014

Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

Writer

2012

Freedom Riders

Freedom Riders

Writer

2010

A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

Writer

2004

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

Writer

1999

Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide

Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide

Writer

1981

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