Awards
- winner
- nomination
Academy Awards
-
2022 -
Attica (2021)
(Best Documentary Feature)
Sundance Film Festival
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2010 -
Freedom Riders (2010)
(U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary) -
2004 -
A Place of Our Own (2004)
(U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary) -
2003 -
The Murder of Emmett Till (2003)
(U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award) -
2001 -
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2000)
(U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary) -
1999 -
Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, The (1999)
(U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary) -
1999 -
Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, The (1999)
(Freedom of Expression Award)
Miami Film Festival
-
2019 -
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
(Knight Documentary Achievement Award)
Director
| Series | |
|---|---|
| 2009 |
Freedom Riders |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Sound of the Police |
| 2021 |
Attica |
Becoming Frederick Douglass |
|
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy |
|
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom |
|
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre (TV movie) |
|
| 2020 |
30 for 30 (series) |
Vick, Part 2 (S04E04) |
|
Vick, Part 1 (S04E03) |
|
| 2019 |
Boss: The Black Experience In Business |
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool |
|
| 2017 |
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities |
| 2015 |
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution |
| 2014 |
Freedom Summer |
| 2012 |
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas |
| 2010 |
Freedom Riders |
| 2009 |
Wounded Knee |
| 2006 |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple |
| 2004 |
A Place of Our Own |
| 2003 |
The Murder of Emmett Till (TV movie) |
| 2000 |
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (TV movie) |
| 1999 |
Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, The |
| 1987 |
American Experience (series) |
| Concerts | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
André Rieu: Christmas with André |
Producer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Sound of the Police |
| 2021 |
Becoming Frederick Douglass |
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom |
|
| 2020 |
30 for 30 (series) |
Vick, Part 2 (S04E04) |
|
Vick, Part 1 (S04E03) |
|
| 2019 |
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool |
| 2017 |
An Act of Worship |
| 2009 |
Wounded Knee |
| 2006 |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple |
Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Attica |
| 2017 |
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities |
| 2014 |
Freedom Summer |
| 2004 |
A Place of Our Own |
Guest
| Shows | |
|---|---|
| 2004 |
Tavis Smiley |
| 1994 |
WGN Morning News |
| 1989 |
CNN Newsroom |