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Sam Pollard

Director · 34 credits · 2 in highly-rated films

Best known for MLK/FBI (2020)

Directed movies (32 total, ranked by score)

  1. MLK/FBI

    2020 · ★ 6.9 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Citizen Ashe

    2021 · ★ 4.2 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. Two Trains Runnin'

    2016 · ★ 7.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary, Music, History

    3

  4. Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

    2022 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, History

    4

  5. Chinatown Film Project

    2009

    Comedy, Drama

    5

  6. Acorn and the Firestorm

    2017 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    History, Documentary, Drama

    6

  7. Mr. SOUL!

    2018 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy, Music

    7

  8. Slavery by Another Name

    2012 · ★ 7.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary, History

    8

  9. South to Black Power

    2023 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

    2006

    Documentary

    10

  11. Marvin Gaye: What's Going On

    2008

    Music, Documentary

    11

  12. Goin' Back to T-Town

    1993

    Documentary, History

    12

  13. I Was Born This Way

    2025

    Documentary, Music

    13

  14. Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

    2017 · ★ 6.9 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Tutu

    2026

    Documentary

    15

  16. The League

    2023 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

    2008 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    2021 · ★ 6.4 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. The Talk: Race in America

    2017 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. The Making of 'Bamboozled'

    2001 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    2023

    Documentary, Music

    21

  22. Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys

    2024 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

    2023 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, History

    23

  24. Maynard

    2017 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary, History

    24

  25. The Sound of Philadelphia

    —

    Documentary, Music

    25

  26. August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

    2015

    Documentary

    26

  27. Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

    —

    Documentary, Crime

    27

  28. Counting The Ballots

    —

    Documentary

    28

  29. Mr. Soul: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV

    2010

    Documentary

    29

  30. Love That Movie

    2009

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.