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Dec 22, 2023 · Doc Powerhouse Sam Pollard To Receive Black Public Media’s Trailblazer Award: “Time To Give Him The Flowers He Deserves”. Filmmaker Sam Pollard, one of the most prolific and important forces ...
Jul 21, 2023 · Indeed, Pollard agreed that the sports exec was a legend in her own right. “I was impressed with her tenacity, and also dedication to her team the Newark Eagles, which won the 1946 Negro League World Series,” he enthused. “I think it would be great to make a fiction film about Effa Manley, Rube Foster or Josh Gibson,” he added.
Dec 28, 2023 · Black Public Media (BPM) will pay tribute to veteran filmmaker Sam Pollard at its PitchBLACK Awards on Thursday, April 25. The ceremony, taking place at the Stanley H. Kantor Penthouse of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center, caps BPM’s seventh PitchBLACK Forum — the largest pitch competition of its kind in the United States for independent filmmakers and creative technologists who create Black ...
Jul 7, 2023 · July 7, 2023 12:00 pm. "The League". Courtesy Magnolia Pictures. During the opening frames of Sam Pollard ’s “ The League ,” a wistful and profound documentary about the rise and fall of the ...
Jan 12, 2021 · Dan Schindel January 12, 2021. From Two Trains Runnin' (2016), dir. Sam Pollard (image courtesy Film at Lincoln Center) Sam Pollard is one of the most overlooked cinematic multihyphenates in the ...
Filmmaker: Can you talk a little bit about the process of sorting through all that archival material? Pollard: We brought in some wonderful archival producers. The main one was a gentleman named Brian Becker, who found material I had never seen before—Dr. King with his family, Dr. King giving speeches in places I had never seen.
Dec 22, 2023 · Filmmaker Sam Pollard, one of the most prolific and important forces in contemporary documentary, will be honored by Black Public Media at its upcoming PitchBlack Awards in New York.. Pollard ...
