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Date of Birth:

7 July 1955, USA more

Trivia:

(2002) Awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship ("genius grant")

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Up 2% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 8 wins & 6 nominations more

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Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Straight Shots: Guns at Cornell (filming) (2010)	(executive producer) (producer)	2010	-	-

2.	"The American Experience" (1988)	producer (4 episodes, 2001-2009)	2009	-	8.5 (193)
	4 TV episodes: We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded Knee (2009) (producer) Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple (2007) (producer) The Murder of Emmett Till (2003) (producer) Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2001) (producer)
3.	"We Shall Remain" (2009)	producer (1 episode, 2009)	2009	-	6.4 (10)
	1 TV episode: Wounded Knee (2009) (producer)
4.	Wounded Knee (2009)	(producer)	2009	-	8.8 (7)

5.	Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (2008)	(executive producer)	2008	-	8.2 (24)

6.	Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)	(producer)	2006	-	8.1 (1,011)

7.	Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (2006)	(executive producer)	2006	-	7.5 (103)

8.	Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice (2005)	(producer)	2005	-	9.2 (11)

9.	"CNN Presents" (1993)	executive producer (1 episode, 2005)	2005	-	5.0 (14)
	1 TV episode: High Stakes: The Battle to Save Our Schools (2005) (executive producer)
10.	Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise (2004) (TV)	(executive producer)	2004	-	-

11.	A Place of Our Own (2004)	(producer)	2004	-	9.1 (18)

12.	Faces of Change (2002)	(executive producer) (producer)	2002	-	9.1 (5)

13.	Duke Ellington's Washington (2000) (TV)	(producer)	2000	-	-

14.	Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2000) (TV)	(producer)	2000	-	8.4 (20)

15.	The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)	(producer)	1999	-	7.7 (20)

16.	Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty (1997)	(producer)	1997	-	-

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"The American Experience" (1988)	(4 episodes, 2001-2009)	2009	-	8.5 (193)
	4 TV episodes: We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded Knee (2009) Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple (2007) The Murder of Emmett Till (2003) Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2001)
2.	"We Shall Remain" (2009)	(1 episode, 2009)	2009	-	6.4 (10)
	1 TV episode: Wounded Knee (2009)
3.	Wounded Knee (2009)		2009	-	8.8 (7)

4.	Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)		2006	-	8.1 (1,011)

5.	Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice (2005)		2005	-	9.2 (11)

6.	Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise (2004) (TV)		2004	-	-

7.	A Place of Our Own (2004)		2004	-	9.1 (18)

8.	Faces of Change (2002)		2002	-	9.1 (5)

9.	Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2000) (TV)		2000	-	8.4 (20)

10.	The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)		1999	-	7.7 (20)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	A Place of Our Own (2004)	(writer)	2004	-	9.1 (18)

2.	Duke Ellington's Washington (2000) (TV)	(writer)	2000	-	-

3.	The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)	(writer)	1999	-	7.7 (20)

Thanks View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Making Grace (2004)	(special thanks)	2004	-	6.7 (9)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"The Charlie Rose Show" (1991)	Himself (1 episode, 2004)	2004	-	7.8 (219)
	AKAs: Charlie Rose (USA: new title) 1 TV episode: Episode dated 30 June 2004 (2004) Himself
2.	"Tavis Smiley" (2004)	Himself (1 episode, 2004)	2004	-	5.6 (86)
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 11 May 2004 (2004) Himself
3.	A Place of Our Own (2004)	Himself/Narrator	2004	-	9.1 (18)

4.	Duke Ellington's Washington (2000) (TV)	Himself	2000	-	-

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