Join us for a special screening of WE WANT THE FUNK!, Directed by Stanley Nelson and Co-Directed by Nicole London, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on 2/20 at 7pm. Tickets are available for purchase beginning on February 13th. 🔗 Buy Your Ticket: 

Join the African Diaspora International Film Festival for a special in-person screening of ATTICA, Directed by Stanley Nelson and Co-Directed by Traci A. Curry, at Teachers College, Columbia University, on February 28th at 7:30pm.

FILM SCREENING: "Becoming Frederick Douglass" Directed by Stanley Nelson and Co-Directed by Nicole London. 7 p.m. Friday, February 7, 2025 Albany, NY - Free parking. Free and open to the public.

ICYMI: Watch this @AmExperiencePBS and @worldchannel virtual conversation with filmmaker Stanley Nelson on his acclaimed Civil Rights films.

Stanley Nelson has directed a trio of Peabody-winning documentaries that have become landmarks in documentary filmmaking and have deepened our understanding of the Civil Rights struggle. Watch Stanley Nelson receive an Individual Peabody Award in 2015.

Watch a clip of Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind, directed and produced by Stanley Nelson as @democracynow discusses the posthumous pardon for Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey.

FILM SCREENING: "Becoming Frederick Douglass" 7 p.m. Friday, February 7, 2025 Page Hall, UAlbany Downtown Campus 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203 Free parking. Free and open to the public. Directed by Stanley Nelson and Co-Directed by Nicole London.

In the course of making Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind, filmmaker Stanley Nelson interviewed several people who were members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association in Garvey's time. Read the transcript.

In his final days in office, President Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Garvey a century after his unjust conviction. To truly understand Marcus Garvey's impact, watch Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind, directed and produced by Stanley Nelson.

Free Film Screening of "Becoming Frederick Douglass" at 7 p.m. Friday, February 7, 2025 Page Hall, UAlbany Downtown Campus. Free parking. Free and open to the public.

Watch this conversation with Director @StanleyNelson1, Valerie Scoon, and Mike Muse as they discuss the making of the @Hulu documentary Sound of the Police at Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival @mvfilmfestival.

Listen to the complete Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool soundtrack. All of the songs heard in the documentary film by @StanleyNelson1 via @PBSAmerMasters.

Watch Director @StanleyNelson1 talk about Miles Davis: via @PBSAmerMasters

Maryland Public Television Continues the National Expansion of the HBCU Week Programming Initiative, including a new feature film, “Becoming Thurgood Marshall,” Directed and Produced by Alexis Aggrey and Co-Executive Produced by Stanley Nelson.

Watch Director @StanleyNelson1, producer Rita Coburn, former San Juan Hill resident Deborah Gray White, and historian Virginia Sánchez Korrol discuss San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood.

Stay tuned! @FirelightFilms Sun Ra Project coming soon!

Watch Director @StanleyNelson1, producer Rita Coburn, former San Juan Hill resident Deborah Gray White, and historian Virginia Sánchez Korrol discuss San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood moderated by @FilmLinc President Lesli Klainberg.

@CUNY students, here is your opportunity to watch Five Demands, the @StanleyNelson1 Executive Produced Film will have a screening on October 15th at @CityCollegeNY.

Watch @StanleyNelson1 in "Hollywood Black," a documentary series directed by Justin Simien, tells the epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the camera, and on the screen.

ESPN To Celebrate 15th Anniversary Of ‘30 For 30’ With One-Hour Special. The special will revisit some of the most impactful and beloved films and will feature interviews with co-creators and original executive producers like Stanley Nelson Jr.,