Nelson George

Nelson George

b. 1957 (age 69)
Director Writer

Known For

🎬
🎞️
Left Unsaid
2010
Brooklyn Boheme
🎞️
★ 7.3
Brooklyn Boheme
2011
Top Five
🎞️
★ 6.4
Top Five
2014
A Ballerina's Tale
🎞️
★ 6.4
A Ballerina's Tale
2015

Filmography

Thriller 40
🎞️
★ 7.9
Thriller 40
2023 Director
Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World
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★ 7.6
Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World
2023 Self
Sidney
🎞️
★ 7.8
Sidney
2022 Self
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
🎞️
★ 7.5
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022 Director
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
🎞️
★ 6.7
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.0
A Grammy Salute to The Sounds of Change
2021 Writer
With Drawn Arms
🎞️
★ 7.6
With Drawn Arms
2020 Self
Soul America
📺
★ 8.0
Soul America
2020 Self
🎬
🎞️
The Greatest Moments in BET Awards History
2019 Self
They've Gotta Have Us
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★ 7.9
They've Gotta Have Us
2018 Self
🎬
📺
★ 8.0
From the Vaults
2018 Self
The Nineties
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★ 8.1
The Nineties
2017 Self
🎬
📺
★ 6.1
Gregory Porter's Popular Voices
2017 Self
The Get Down
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★ 8.2
The Get Down
2016 Writer
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story
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★ 5.8
The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story
2016 Director
A Ballerina's Tale
🎞️
★ 6.4
A Ballerina's Tale
2015 Director
Hustlers Convention
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★ 7.2
Hustlers Convention
2015 Self
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🎞️
Crack Capitalism
2015 Self
Finding the Funk
🎞️
★ 7.3
Finding the Funk
2013 Director Writer
🎬
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★ 7.4
Soul Power!
2013 Self
🎬
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★ 6.3
Crime: The Animated Series
2013 Self
The Announcement
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★ 7.6
The Announcement
2012 Director
30 for 30 Shorts
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★ 7.9
30 for 30 Shorts
2012 Director Writer
All Hail the Beat
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All Hail the Beat
2012 Director Writer
Brooklyn Boheme
🎞️
★ 7.3
Brooklyn Boheme
2011 Director Writer
ESPN Films
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★ 7.5
ESPN Films
2011 Director
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🎞️
★ 6.3
Women Who Rock
2011 Self
Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity
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★ 8.7
Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity
2010 Self
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🎞️
Left Unsaid
2010 Director Writer
Life After
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★ 7.6
Life After
2009 Self
Doctor Prince & Mister Jackson
🎞️
★ 7.1
Doctor Prince & Mister Jackson
2009 Self
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📺
Open Book
2009 Self
Unsung
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★ 9.0
Unsung
2008 Self
🎬
🎞️
Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?
2008 Self
Life Support
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★ 6.7
Life Support
2007 Director Writer
The Wire Odyssey
🎞️
★ 7.8
The Wire Odyssey
2007 Self
The Wire: The Last Word
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Wire: The Last Word
2007 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.3
4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors
2007 Director
American Gangster
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★ 7.7
American Gangster
2006 Self
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VH1 Rock Docs
2006 Self
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Bring That Year Back 2006: Laugh Now, Cry Later
2006 Self
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis
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★ 8.5
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis
2005 Self
They Made America
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★ 6.6
They Made America
2004 Self
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🎞️
Nina Simone: A Tribute
2003 Self
One Special Moment
🎞️
★ 8.1
One Special Moment
2001 Director Writer
Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary
🎞️
★ 8.2
Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary
2001 Self
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
🎞️
★ 8.1
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
2000 Self
🎬
📺
★ 6.6
Journeys in Black
2000 Self
Independent Lens
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★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Director
🎬
🎞️
Rap
1997 Self
🎬
🎞️
To Be a Black Man
1997 Director Writer
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
🎞️
★ 8.2
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
1996 Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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★ 6.9
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 Writer
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
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★ 5.8
Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
1995 Self
CB4
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★ 6.3
CB4
1993 Writer
Strictly Business
🎞️
★ 5.5
Strictly Business
1991 Writer
American Masters
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★ 8.2
American Masters
1985 Writer
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🎞️
Untitled David Thompson Documentary
Director
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📺
Rave
Self
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