(The 2020 New York Film Festival (their 58th!) runs September 17-October 11. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Documentary director Sam Pollard is no stranger to […]

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(Readers, please note: you can hear a portion of this interview on Chris Reed’s excellent podcast on documentwry filmmaking, The Fog of Truth.) I met with director (and NYU professor) Samuel D. Pollard on Saturday, March 24, at the 2018 […]

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Davis, through his charisma, popularity and sheer brilliance, helped pave the way for future performers of color. Our world today – especially today – is hardly racism-free, but if it is a little better than it once was, Davis played at least a small role in that transformation.

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