Stanley Nelson: movies and TV shows
Stanley Nelson has 85 credits in the archive: 78 films and 7 TV series, from 1976 to 2026. Highest rated: 30 for 30 (7.5/10).
Career timeline
1976 – 2026 · busiest year: 2025 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2026 | The Color of Cola | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2026 | The Color of Cola | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2025 | We Want the Funk! | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 2025 | The Inquisitor | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2025 | Free for All: The Public Library | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2025 | Cindy Tran: From Here to Here | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2025 | Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2025 | True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power | Film | 6.5 | 69 | |
| 2025 | Sun Ra: Do the Impossible | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 2025 | Lani B. Supreme: Legacy | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2025 | Critical Condition: Health in Black America | Film | 1.0 | 69 | |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self | TV | 3.0 | 68 |
| 2024 | Disco's Revenge | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2024 | San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood | Film | 1.0 | 68 | |
| 2024 | Sister Úna Lived a Good Death | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2023 | Sound of the Police | Film | 4.0 | 67 | |
| 2023 | Sound of the Police | Film | 4.0 | 67 | |
| 2023 | Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney | Film | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 2023 | Sydney G. James: How We See Us | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2023 | Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2023 | Bulls and Saints | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2022 | Hazing | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2022 | Becoming Frederick Douglass | Film | 4.7 | 66 | |
| 2022 | Becoming Frederick Douglass | Film | 4.7 | 66 | |
| 2022 | Becoming Frederick Douglass | Film | 4.7 | 66 | |
| 2022 | After Jackie | Film | 8.5 | 66 | |
| 2021 | Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 2021 | Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2021 | Attica | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 2021 | Attica | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 2021 | Attica | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 2021 | Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day | Film | 8.0 | 65 | |
| 2021 | Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom | Film | 6.0 | 65 | |
| 2020 | Vick | Film | 5.6 | 64 | |
| 2020 | Black Panthers | TV | 4.5 | 64 | |
| 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Film | 7.1 | 63 | |
| 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Film | 7.1 | 63 | |
| 2019 | BOSS: The Black Experience in Business | Film | 3.5 | 63 | |
| 2019 | BOSS: The Black Experience in Business | Film | 3.5 | 63 | |
| 2018 | Black Memorabilia | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2018 | The Story of Access | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2017 | Picket Line | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2017 | Gavin Grimm vs. | Film | 5.0 | 61 | |
| 2017 | American Carnage | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2017 | Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities | Film | 8.1 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities | Film | 8.1 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities | Film | 8.1 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2015 | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | Film | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2015 | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | Film | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2015 | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | Film | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2014 | Freedom Summer | Film | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 2014 | Freedom Summer | Film | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas | Film | — | 56 | |
| 2012 | Jesse Owens | Film | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 2012 | Jesse Owens | Film | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Freedom Riders | Film | 7.5 | 54 | |
| 2010 | Freedom Riders | Film | 7.5 | 54 | |
| 2010 | Freedom Riders | Film | 7.5 | 54 | |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 | TV | 7.5 | 53 | |
| 2009 | We Shall Remain | TV | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 2008 | Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2006 | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | Film | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 2004 | A Place of Our Own | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 2004 | A Place of Our Own | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 2004 | A Place of Our Own | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 2004 | A Place of Our Own | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2003 | The Murder of Emmett Till | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2001 | Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind | Film | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1999 | The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords | Film | 6.7 | 43 | |
| 1999 | The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords | Film | 6.7 | 43 | |
| 1999 | The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords | Film | 6.7 | 43 | |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1988 | American Experience | TV | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1988 | American Experience | TV | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1987 | Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1987 | Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1987 | Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1987 | Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1985 | Frederick Douglass: An American Life | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1981 | Puerto Rico: Our Right to Decide | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1976 | Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1976 | Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barbershops) | Film | — | 20 |