Sam Pollard – MRQE

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Slavery by Another Name (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.

Bill Russell: Legend

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this 2-part biographical documentary.

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell’s landmark 1976 exhibition, “Two Centuries of Black American Art.”

MLK/FBI

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US governments surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Maynard

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Director Sam Pollard constructs a portrait of charismatic trailblazer Maynard Jackson, who became Atlantas first black mayor in 1973. The son of pastors raised in the segregated South, Jackson entered college at 14 and took office at 35. During his three-term tenure, he led the city through the traumatic Atlanta child murders scare and triumphantly hosted the 1996 Olympics, all while championing racial equality. Family and colleagues, including Bill Clinton, Andrew Young and Al Sharpton, tell the epic story of a dynamic leader and his legacy of honor and progress.

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented song-and-dance man.

Two Trains Runnin’

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s.

The League

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Told through the personal experience of notable Negro League umpire Bob Motley, the pic explores Black baseball as a stage for some of the worlds best athletes, an economic and social pillar of Black communities, and the unintended consequences of MLB integration. The rise and fall of the Negro Leagues follows the arc of race history in the United States. Featuring interviews from Negro League players like Buck ONeil and Hall of Fame Inductees Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron, The League celebrates some of the 20th centurys best athletes and entrepreneurs while grappling with Americas difficult march toward equality, including a discussion on the dissolution of the Negro League, which led to the downturn of hundreds of Black-owned businesses.