Stanley Nelson Movies

It will focus on a specific period, from the birth of Black Wall Street to its downfall over the course of two bloody days, and finally the fallout and reconstruction.

This unnervingly vivid dive into the 1971 uprising from Emmy® winning director Stanley Nelson sheds new light on the enduring violence and racism of the prison system and highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later.

A look back at the summer of 1964, when more than 700 student activists took segregated Mississippi by storm, registering voters, creating freedom schools and establishing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool is an episode of American Masters starring Carl Lumbly, Miles Davis, and Reginald Petty. Musicians, scholars, family and friends reflect on the life of jazzer Miles Davis to reveal the man behind the...

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.