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After Jackie Delves into the Second Wave of Black Players That Improved Racial Equality Post-Jackie Robinson
The Root spoke to Andre Gaines, the director, and Stanley Nelson, one of the executive producers, about the making of the two-hour documentary.
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EXCLUSIVE: Watch the New Trailer for Upcoming Documentary After Jackie From the HISTORY Channel, LeBron James’ Uninterrupted and MLB!
This film tells the overlooked story of the second wave of Black baseball players after Jackie Robinson that helped improve racial equality for Black athletes.
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The HISTORY Channel to Premiere ‘After Jackie’ in Association with MLB
The two-hour documentary will tell the overlooked story of the second wave of talented Black baseball players after Jackie Robinson
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Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre: Directors Stanley Nelson and Marco Williams Reflect on 100 Years of Racist Terrorism
This year, it’ll be 100 years since the extremely grotesque act of domestic terrorism known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred on May 31 and June 1, 1921. Presented by the History Channel, Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre is directed by Peabody and Emmy Award-winning director Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, Crack: Cocaine, Corruption…
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This Message Is Brought to You by the Letter ‘D’: Nearly 140 Documentary Filmmakers Call Out PBS for Lack of Diversity in Programming
In news that should surprise no one—because, let’s face it: various publications, platforms, and organizations have been getting aired out for their discriminatory practices, as of late—PBS is getting called to the fire for their lack of diversity and support when it comes to creators of color in their programming. NPR reports that BIPOC-led collective Beyond…
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Two Dollars and a Dream: Stanley Nelson's 1st Documentary Separates the Fact From the Fiction of Self Made
Self-isolation can make for strange bedfellows—and strange viewing, as the streaming industry seems to be one of the few thriving in during the coronavirus crisis (raise your hand if you’re wandered far from your intended Netflix queue at this point). Sometimes, the truth is stranger than any fiction imaginable (we’re looking at you, Tiger King);…
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Tell Them We Are Rising Brings the 1st Documentary on Our Nation’s HBCUs to PBS
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson, who brought the story of a revolution to the screen with The Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution, has once again encapsulated an enormous piece of black history with the first documentary that focuses on the history of our nation’s HBCUs. Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and…
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Watch: Black Colleges in the Age of Trump Chronicles Donald Trump’s Treatment of HBCUs
When Stanley Nelson agreed to discuss his new op-ed documentary on HBCUs’ strained relationship with the Trump administration, I struggled to find the terms to describe him. Simply calling Nelson a “filmmaker” seemed inadequate. Referring to him as the premier documentarian of the black experience seemed a little hyperbolic (not to mention that it contained…