Movies: Stanley Nelson

  • 1976
    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) (1976)

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)

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    An intimate portrait of two inner-city barbershops that provide patrons with more than haircuts....

    Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops)
  • 2025
    Critical Condition: Health in Black America

    Critical Condition: Health in Black America (2025)

    Critical Condition: Health in Black America

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    Black Americans are nearly twice as likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease than White Americans, and their life expectancy is about five years shorter. Why? In this special feature-length documentary, Oscar-nominated filmmake...

    Critical Condition: Health in Black America
  • 2004
    Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

    Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise (2004)

    Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise

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    On May 17, 1954, in its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the doctrine of "separate but equal," ending legal segregation in American education. Fifty years later, how close is America to fulfilling the promis...

    Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
  • 2001
    Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

    Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2001)

    Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

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    Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant, who between 1916 and 1921 built the largest black mass movement in world history. It explores Garve...

    Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
  • 2023
    Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology

    Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology (2023)

    Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology

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    Filmmaker Sergio Rapu follows Anishinaabe artist Jonathan Thunder as he dives deep into the inspirations behind his surrealist paintings and animations. From the killing of an iconic American hero to critical perspectives of how Indigenous people wer...

    Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
  • 1981
    Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide

    Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide (1981)

    Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide

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    A documentary made by the United Methodist Church which explores the possibilities of decolonization in Puerto Rico. Interviews are done with farmers, Puerto Rican intellectuals, and different reverends from the UMC located around the island....

    Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide