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Sam Pollard(II)

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Sam Pollard
SOME GIRLS is a feature documentary following a group of troubled Latina teens from a Bronx-based suicide prevention program who are transformed by an exploration of their roots via the use of ancestral DNA testing, followed by a trip to the seat of the Americas. On that journey to modern-day Dominican Republic, the white supremacist narratives about American history they've been taught are challenged, leaving them free to reconstruct their own respective identities. What does it really mean to be American? And, more importantly, what does that look like?
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Some Girls (2017)
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Sam Pollard is known for Mr. Soul! (2018), Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017) and MLK/FBI (2020).
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 32 wins & 48 nominations total

    Known for

    Harry Belafonte, Michael Jackson, Sidney Poitier, Blair Underwood, Stevie Wonder, James Baldwin, Earth Wind & Fire, George Faison, Nikki Giovanni, Al Green, Patti LaBelle, Stan Lathan, Felipe Luciano, Sam Pollard, Sonia Sanchez, Greg Tate, Questlove, Melissa Haizlip, Sarah Lewis, Ellis Haizlip, Robert Glasper, and Ashford & Simpson in Mr. Soul! (2018)
    Mr. Soul!
    7.8
    • Director(as Samuel D. Pollard)
    • 2018
    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
    Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
    7.6
    • Director(as Samuel D. Pollard)
    • 2017
    MLK/FBI (2020)
    MLK/FBI
    7.0
    • Director
    • 2020
    ACORN and the Firestorm (2017)
    ACORN and the Firestorm
    6.8
    • Producer(as Samuel D. Pollard)
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Teaching America
      • executive producer
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
      • producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Rediscovering Kate Carew
      • executive producer (as Samuel Pollard)
      • In Production
    • The Price
      • executive producer (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Counting The Ballots
      • producer (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • In Production
    • Natchez (2025)
      Natchez
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • The Perfect Neighbor (2025)
      The Perfect Neighbor
      8.3
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Keeper (2024)
      Keeper
      8.2
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • A Boston (R)Evolution (2024)
      A Boston (R)Evolution
      5.5
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Facing the Falls (2024)
      Facing the Falls
      9.1
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones? (2024)
      Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones?
      8.3
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Paint Me a Road Out of Here (2024)
      Paint Me a Road Out of Here
      8.9
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Erased: World War 2's Heroes of Color (2024)
      Erased: World War 2's Heroes of Color
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • Consulting Executive Producer
      • 2024
    • Black Table (2024)
      Black Table
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Rouge (2024)
      Rouge
      9.7
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • South to Black Power (2023)
      South to Black Power
      4.9
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between (2023)
      Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
      9.6
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • executive producer
      • 2008–2023
    • Carlos: l'odyssée Santana (2023)
      Carlos: l'odyssée Santana
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Nicole Beharie in Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange (2008)
      Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023

    Editor

    • The Poisoned City
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • Post-production
    • The Song of Hiawatha
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • In Production
    • Josephine Baker
      • Editor (editorial department)
      • 2024
    • Assata
      • Editor (editorial department)
      • 2022
    • Lonnie Bradley Holley in Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley (2020)
      Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2020
    • The Art of the Journey (2018)
      The Art of the Journey
      Short
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2018
    • The Art of the Journey: The Ben F. Jones Story (2018)
      The Art of the Journey: The Ben F. Jones Story
      Short
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2018
    • Maynard (2017)
      Maynard
      6.5
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2017
    • Johnny Cash in Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (2016)
      Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2016
    • Beyond the Silence (2016)
      Beyond the Silence
      6.8
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard, Supervising Editor)
      • 2016
    • Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015)
      Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2015
    • F(l)ag Football (2014)
      F(l)ag Football
      4.2
      • supervising editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2014
    • The Cooler Bandits (2014)
      The Cooler Bandits
      9.1
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2014
    • The Pleasures of Being Out of Step (2013)
      The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
      7.0
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2013
    • Remote Area Medical (2013)
      Remote Area Medical
      6.6
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2013
    • Venus and Serena (2012)
      Venus and Serena
      6.5
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard, edited by)
      • 2012
    • Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)
      Joe Papp in Five Acts
      7.3
      • Editor (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • 2012

    Director

    • The Sound of Philadelphia
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Counting The Ballots
      • Director (as Samuel D. Pollard)
      • In Production
    • I Was Born This Way (2025)
      I Was Born This Way
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Ol' Dirty Bastard in Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys (2024)
      Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Photographer (2024)
      Photographer
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • South to Black Power (2023)
      South to Black Power
      4.9
      • Director
      • 2023
    • The League (2023)
      The League
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Max Roach in Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
      Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Bill Russell in Bill Russell: Légende de la NBA (2023)
      Bill Russell: Légende de la NBA
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Hostages (2022)
      Hostages
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
      Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Citizen Ashe (2021)
      Citizen Ashe
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.0
      TV Series
      • co-director
      • 2021
    • Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
      Black Art: In the Absence of Light
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2021
    • MLK/FBI (2020)
      MLK/FBI
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (2020)
      Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2020
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    The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
    Trailer 2:03
    The Pleasures of Being Out of Step
    Some Girls (Teaser)
    Trailer 0:36
    Some Girls (Teaser)
    Some Girls (Teaser)
    Trailer 0:36
    Some Girls (Teaser)

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      • New York University: Tisch School of the Arts
    • Alternative names
      • Samuel D. Pollard
    • Children
      • Jason Pollard

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      Currently teaching at New York University
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      Every project forces me to answer questions about what I am trying to say and how important is it for me to say it. [This] is and should always be part of the creative process.

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