Spike Lee

With a work ethic like no other and a filmography boosting over 150 films, it’s hard to doubt Samuel L. Jackson’s status as one of ...

In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its ...

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with ...

Fatou Cissé accompanies her father, malien director Souleymane Cissé, through a trip down his film career, painting an intimate and poetic ...

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of Nike.

This documentary chronicles renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic ...

An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. ...

The 30-year legacy of the murder of black teenager Yusuf Hawkins by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, as his family and ...

Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, ...

Unbanned explores the dynamic life of AJ1 from its unlikely origins to its role in disrupting NBA rules, birthing sneaker culture, and ...

Spike Lee explains the dream.

In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically ...

French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and ...

Director Spike Lee (Malcolm X) has lived and worked in New York City for his entire career. He loves New York City and talks about the movies he ...

A documentary about the sport of boxing, as seen through the eyes of champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins.

Spike Lee takes us into the world of NBA nicknames, focusing on how Ray Allen’s starring role in Lee’s HE GOT GAME, forever ...

The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus Attucks.

Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson’s Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of ...

Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the ...

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What ...

The story of the Harlem Rens: the greatest basketball team you never heard of.

When the night of October 16, 2004 came to a merciful end, the Curse of the Bambino was alive and well. The vaunted Yankee lineup, led by A-Rod, ...

Reggie Miller single-handedly crushed the hearts of Knick fans multiple times. But it was the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals that solidified ...

A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.

A hstory of the Cannes Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight selection.

A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, “Pixote, a Lei do Mais ...

A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of the modern ...

This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime ...

Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include “Watermelon ...

A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee’s biopic, “Malcolm X.”