Stanley Nelson

Stanley Nelson

b. 1955 (age 71) New York, New York, U.S.A.
Director Writer

Known For

American Experience
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★ 8.6
American Experience
1988
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
🎞️
★ 6.5
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999
Freedom Riders
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★ 8.0
Freedom Riders
2010
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
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★ 7.4
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
2015

Filmography

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2026 Trailblazer: Honoring Stanley Nelson & Marcia Smith
2026 Self
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🎞️
★ 7.8
San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood
2024 Director
Sound of the Police
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★ 5.7
Sound of the Police
2023 Director
Becoming Frederick Douglass
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★ 7.8
Becoming Frederick Douglass
2022 Director
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
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★ 7.6
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
2022 Director
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
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★ 6.7
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 Director
Attica
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★ 7.5
Attica
2021 Director Writer
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
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★ 7.2
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
2021 Director
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NYC Overcoming
2021 Director
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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★ 7.5
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 Director
Boss: The Black Experience in Business
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★ 8.4
Boss: The Black Experience in Business
2019 Director
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
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★ 6.2
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018 Director
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
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★ 6.8
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
2017 Director
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
🎞️
★ 7.4
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
2015 Director Writer
Freedom Summer
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★ 7.9
Freedom Summer
2014 Director Writer
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The Global African
2014 Self
The Autotune Effect
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The Autotune Effect
2012 Director
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Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2012 Director
Freedom Riders
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★ 8.0
Freedom Riders
2010 Director Writer
30 for 30
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★ 8.8
30 for 30
2009 Director
Wounded Knee
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★ 7.7
Wounded Knee
2009 Director
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★ 6.4
Freedom Riders
2009 Director
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
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★ 7.8
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006 Director
A Place of Our Own
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★ 7.8
A Place of Our Own
2004 Self Director Writer
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
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★ 7.9
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
2004 Director
Art in the Twenty-First Century
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★ 7.4
Art in the Twenty-First Century
2001 Director
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
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★ 8.0
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
2000 Director
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Duke Ellington's Washington
2000 Self Writer
Independent Lens
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★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Director Writer
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
🎞️
★ 6.5
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999 Director Writer
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🎞️
★ 6.8
Two Dollars and a Dream
1989 Director Cinematographer
American Experience
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★ 8.6
American Experience
1988 Director Writer
American Masters
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★ 8.2
American Masters
1985 Director
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Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide
1981 Writer
Nova
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★ 8.7
Nova
1974 Director Writer
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Medical Racism
Director
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Untitled Stanley Nelson Project
Director
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The Color of Cola
Director
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