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Stanley Nelson
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1955Born, New York City
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Stanley Earl Nelson Jr. (born June 7, 1951) is an American documentary filmmaker and a MacArthur Fellow known as a director, writer and producer of documentaries examining African-American history and experiences. He is a recipient of the 2013 National Humanities Medal from President Obama. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards. Among his notable films are Freedom Riders (2010), Wounded Knee (2009), Jonestown: The Life & Death of People's Temple (2006), Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice (2005), A Place of Our Own (2004), The Murder of Emmett Till (2003), and The Black Press: Soldiers without Swords (1998).
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples TempleDirector
Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolDirector
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracyDirector
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionDirector
30 for 30Director2026The Color of ColaDirectorMovie
2025Critical Condition: Health in Black AmericaDirectorMovie
2025We Want the Funk!DirectorMovie
2024San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost NeighborhoodDirectorMovie
2023Sound of the PoliceDirectorMovie
2022Becoming Frederick DouglassDirectorMovie
2021Harriet Tubman: Visions of FreedomDirectorMovie
2021AtticaDirectorMovie
2021Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race MassacreDirectorMovie
2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracyDirectorMovie
2020Black PanthersDirector · 2 episodesShow
2020VickDirectorMovie
2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolDirectorMovie
2019BOSS: The Black Experience in BusinessDirectorMovie
2018The Story of AccessDirectorMovie
2018Black MemorabiliaScript SupervisorMovie
2017Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and UniversitiesDirectorMovie
2015The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionDirectorMovie
2014Freedom SummerDirectorMovie
2012Focus Forward: Short Films, Big IdeasDirectorMovie
2010Freedom RidersDirectorMovie
200930 for 30Director · 2 episodesShow
2009We Shall RemainDirector · 1 episodeShow
2006Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples TempleDirectorMovie
2004A Place of Our OwnDirectorMovie
2004Beyond Brown: Pursuing the PromiseDirectorMovie
2003The Murder of Emmett TillDirectorMovie
2001Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the WhirlwindDirectorMovie
1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without SwordsDirectorMovie
1987Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. WalkerDirectorMovie
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