Stanley Nelson Jr.
Stanley Earl Nelson Jr. 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.
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🎬 Movies
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
director
2022
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
director
2021
Attica
director
2021
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
director
2020
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
writer
2015
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
director
2015
Freedom Summer
director
2014
Freedom Summer
writer
2014
Jesse Owens
writer
2012
Freedom Riders
director
2010
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
director
2006
The Murder of Emmett Till
director
2003