By Cynthia Littleton | Variety In the 1980s, it took Stanley Nelson seven years to make “Two Dollars and a Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker,” his first documentary film. It took him another seven years to make his second feature doc: “The Black Press: Soldiers...
Director: Stanley Nelson Writer(s): N/A Starring: Allen Iverson, Andy Reid, Arthur Blank, Bomani Jones, Brenda Vick, Courtney Vick, Dan Reeves, Donovan McNabb, Jeffrey Lurie, Jim Mora Jr., Kijafa Vick, Michael Vick, Roger Goodell, Tony Dungy, William C. Rhoden...
Tambay Obenson | Shadow and Act From Friday, November 10 through Thursday, November 16, BAMcinématek in Brooklyn, NY will present the screening series Strange Victories: Black Soldiers and World War II, a program inspired by the release of Dee Rees’...
https://vimeo.com/200060353 Director: Stanley Nelson, Marco Williams Writer(s): Marcia Smith Starring: N/A Synopsis: African Americans who would not be denied a higher education played an enormous part in propelling the epic journey toward liberation for Black people...
from Shadow and Act On Thursday, Nov. 10, DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival, running Nov. 10-17, will present Stanley Nelson with a Lifetime Achievement Award, given for his distinguished output of documentaries. Nelson will be honored along with...
from Shadow & Act The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that the 2016 News & Documentary Emmy Award honoree for Lifetime Achievement is documentarian and founder of Firelight Media, Stanley Nelson. Mr. Nelson is to be honored...
...Sundance/Kickstarter Panel on Strategies for Reaching & Engaging Black Audiences from Shadow & Act | Tambay Obenson Taped earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Kickstarter hosted a panel that included speakers I’m sure many of you are familiar...
https://youtu.be/F56O3kZ9qr0 Director: Stanley Nelson Writer(s): Stanley Nelson Starring: Angela Arnold, Erica Ball, Rhon G. Flatts, Eric Lockley, Nola Nelson, Stu Richel, Jason Torres, Trudy Williams, Blair Anderson, Omar Barbour, Julian Bond, Marlon Brando, Elaine...
https://vimeo.com/83539844 Director: Stanley Nelson Writer(s): Stanley Nelson Starring: Karin Kunstler Goldman, Julian Bond, Peggy Jean Connor, Dudley Connor, Dorothy Zellner, Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Patti Miller, Tracy Sugarman, Larry Rubin, Rita Schwerner, Hollis...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj7ZM6J5cAU Director: Laurens Grant Writer(s): Stanley Nelson Starring: William J. Baker, Andre Braugher, Iris Cummings Critchell, Hilmar Dressler, Harry Edwards, Adolf Hitler, Volker Kluge, David Clay Large, Margaret MacMillan, Rafael...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8CAKAXR-AM Director: Stanley Nelson Writer(s): Stanley Nelson, Raymond Arsenault (book) Starring: Raymond Arsenault, Genevieve Houghton, Gordon Carey, Derek Catsam, John Lewis, Diane Nash, Charles Person, Sangernetta Gilbert Bush, John...