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Stanley Nelson

  • GIDEST Room 411, 63 5th Avenue New York, NY, 10003 United States (map)

On Archival Storytelling

A leading documentarian of the African American experience, Stanley Nelson combines compelling narratives with rich historical detail to shine new light on the American past. Among his numerous awards are a MacArthur Fellowship, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and lifetime achievement awards from the Emmys and IDA. In 2013, Nelson received the National Medal in the Humanities from President Obama. In 2019, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool was nominated by the GRAMMYs for Best Music Film and went on to win two Emmys.

Attica, Nelson’s latest documentary, was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards and earned the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. In 2021, Nelson also directed the feature film Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy for Netflix, which was a 2022 duPont-Columbia Awards Finalist, and Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre, with co-director Marco Williams, for the HISTORY Channel, which was nominated for three Primetime Emmys.

In 2000, Stanley Nelson, and his wife, Marcia Smith, co-founded Firelight Media, a non-profit production company dedicated to advancing contemporary social justice issues, amplifying underrepresented narratives, and fostering a new generation of diverse filmmakers.

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Earlier Event: October 28
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Later Event: February 3
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