Nelson George Filmes

  • 2021
    A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

    A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

    A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

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    This documentary chronicles renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic...

    A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
  • 2007
    The Wire Odyssey

    The Wire Odyssey

    The Wire Odyssey

    6.62007HD

    A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

    The Wire Odyssey
  • 2019
    The Black Godfather

    The Black Godfather

    The Black Godfather

    6.92019HD

    Follows the life of Clarence Avant, the ultimate, uncensored mentor and behind-the-scenes rainmaker in music, film, TV and politics.

    The Black Godfather
  • 2025
    True North

    True North

    True North

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    Centers on the 1969 student protests against racism at Montreal’s Concordia University and their contribution to the story of Black liberation.

    True North
  • 2005
    Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship

    Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship

    Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship

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    "PERFECT UPSET" is a 2005 sports documentary about the Villanova Wildcats' shocking win against the heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas in the 1985 NCAA...

    Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
  • 1993
    CB4

    CB4

    CB4

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    A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these...

    CB4
  • 2022
    Sidney

    Sidney

    Sidney

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    This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with...

    Sidney
  • 2012
    Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

    Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

    Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

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    Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world...

    Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
  • 2007
    The Wire: The Last Word

    The Wire: The Last Word

    The Wire: The Last Word

    1.52007HD

    A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

    The Wire: The Last Word
  • 2001
    One Special Moment

    One Special Moment

    One Special Moment

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    An action adventure film star becomes smitten with an idealistic high school teacher when he agrees to participate in a business deal involving the...

    One Special Moment
  • 2015
    Hustlers Convention

    Hustlers Convention

    Hustlers Convention

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    The story of Sport and Spoon - two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads...

    Hustlers Convention
  • 2012
    Brooklyn Boheme

    Brooklyn Boheme

    Brooklyn Boheme

    6.82012HD

    Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the...

    Brooklyn Boheme
  • 1970
    Revisiting The Learning Tree

    Revisiting The Learning Tree

    Revisiting The Learning Tree

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    Featurette included on the Criterion Collection's release of Gordon Parks’ feature debut, The Learning Tree. This documentary, produced in...

    Revisiting The Learning Tree
  • 2007
    Life Support

    Life Support

    Life Support

    5.62007HD

    The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.

    Life Support
  • 2014
    Top Five

    Top Five

    Top Five

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    Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to...

    Top Five
  • 1990
    Def by Temptation

    Def by Temptation

    Def by Temptation

    4.71990HD

    An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a...

    Def by Temptation
  • 2023
    Thriller 40

    Thriller 40

    Thriller 40

    8.52023HD

    Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes...

    Thriller 40
  • 2009
    Downtown Calling

    Downtown Calling

    Downtown Calling

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    In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption...

    Downtown Calling
  • 2023
    Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen

    Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen

    Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen

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    Director Baz Luhrmann, actors Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, and others explore the life and legacy of Elvis Presley and the making of the acclaimed...

    Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
  • 2020
    With Drawn Arms

    With Drawn Arms

    With Drawn Arms

    5.42020HD

    The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the past century. At the 1968 Summer...

    With Drawn Arms