Cinematography: Henry Adebonojo

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Henry Adebonojo. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


I Am Not Your Negro

2016 · Documentary · 93 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Peck

Cast James Baldwin

Plot In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

Bill Russell: Legend

2023 · Documentary · 180 min. · United States

Direction Samuel D. Pollard

Cast Bill Russell · Stephen Curry · Chris Paul · Magic Johnson

Plot Features interviews and personal archives from the life and career of NBA legend Bill Russell.

7.2

337 votes

7.2

337 votes

Mr. Untouchable

2007 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States

Direction Marc Levin

Plot The true-life story of a Harlem's notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the 1970s. The most powerful...

6.8

150 votes

6.8

150 votes

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

2022 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Geeta Gandbhir · Samuel D. Pollard

Plot The story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote.

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Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

2002 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States

Direction Avon Kirkland · Elise Robertson

Plot An examination of the life and influence of writer Ralph Ellison, whose only novel "Invisible Man" was a watershed work in African-American literature. Dramatic recreations from the novel are featured...

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Maynard

2018 · Documentary · 99 min. · United States

Direction Samuel D. Pollard

Cast Al Sharpton · Andrew Young · Vernon Jordan · Maynard H. Jackson III

Plot Maynard Jackson Jr, became Atlanta's first black mayor in 1973. Raised in the segregated and confederate South, he became the Father of Affirmative Action and transformed Atlanta into a progressive...

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Habla Men (TV)

2014 · Documentary · 58 min. · United States

Direction Alberto Ferreras

Cast Chuey Martinez · Rick Najera · Carmen Pelaez · Carlos Ponce

Plot Habla Men will enlighten audiences on what it means to be Latino in the United States through the perspective of a diverse group of Hispanic role models whose personal stories...

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South to Black Power

2023 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States

Direction Samuel D. Pollard · Llewellyn M. Smith

Plot Charles M. Blow calls for a "reverse Great Migration" of African Americans from the North back to the South to upend today's political power structures while reclaiming the land and...

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Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts

2019 · Documentary · 75 min. · United States

Direction Jeffrey Wolf

Cast Russell G. Jones · Jason Samuels Smith · Sharon Washington

Plot Bill Traylor was born around 1853, on an Alabama cotton plantation owned by John Traylor. Born into slavery, Traylor spent most of his life as a farm laborer, continuing to...

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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2

2005 · Documentary · 99 min. · United States

Direction William Greaves

Plot A movie about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of actors in a scene in which a woman confronts her husband and ends their...

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