Direction: Roger Ross Williams

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Plot A powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to infuse African culture with values imported from America’s Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting “sexual immorality” and...

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Plot A coming of age story about an autistic boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and...

Direction Liz Garbus · Alex Gibney · Roger Ross Williams · Jed Rothstein

Plot The hour-long episodes detail the personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn. The...

Direction Glen Zipper · Amy Berg · Heidi Ewing · Richard Hankin

Plot Documentary series celebrating the deep emotional bonds between people and their beloved four-legged best friends.

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Cast Jamie Foxx · Pharrell Williams · Patti LaBelle · Smokey Robinson

Plot The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem. Internationally renowned for having influenced American and pop culture more than any other entertainment venue, the Apollo Theater created opportunities...

Direction Roger Ross Williams · Jonathan Clasberry · Yoruba Richen

Cast Stephen Satterfield

Plot 4 episodes. Black food is American food. Chef and writer Stephen Satterfield traces the delicious, moving throughlines from Africa to Texas in this docuseries.

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Plot The entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history.

Direction Roger Ross Williams · Brooklyn Sudano

Cast Donna Summer

Plot Love to Love You, Donna Summer tells the extraordinary story of disco queen Donna Summer through a rich archive of unpublished film excerpts, home video, photographs, artwork, writings, personal audio...

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Cast Gael García Bernal · Roberta Colindrez · Joaquín Cosío · Raúl Castillo

Plot Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to worldwide fame after creating the character of Cassandro, the 'Liberace of Lucha Libre'. In the process, he not only...

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Plot In the last 30 years, America’s prison population has surged from 330,000 to 2.3 million inmates. In this deeply personal and provocative film, Academy Award-winning, director Roger Ross Williams sets...

Direction Roger Ross Williams · Phil Bertelsen · Jonathan Clasberry · Kamilah Forbes

Cast Nikole Hannah-Jones

Plot The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

Direction Roger Ross Williams

Cast Prudence Mabhena

Plot Sunrise over the bush. A fresh morning star spilling vitality over scrambling, dry rocks. The African plain: supple and green. Clouds (celestial rapids) racing over an otherwise halcyon sky. Against...

Direction Jonathan Demme · Jyllian Gunther · Ryan Miller · Jed Rothstein

Cast Alan Cumming · Brett Gelman · Marina Abramovic · Ariel Levy

Plot America's most award-winning magazine comes to life in this new docu-series. Produced by Oscar & Emmy winner Alex Gibney, the pilot features a doc from Oscar winner Jonathan Demme based...