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Sam Pollard is best known for his collaborations with Spike Lee—he edited and/or produced Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Girl 6, Clockers, Bamboozled, 4 Little Girls, When the Levees Broke, and If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise. An early mentor, documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne, helped him see that “the work that I'm supposed to do is . . . to make sure I echo and support the stories of African-American people.” And for the last forty years, he has been editing, producing, and directing key films about the African American experience. Pollard’s own directorial efforts include Slavery by Another Name and episodes of Henry Hampton’s Eyes on the Prize 11 and I’ll Make Me A World (on which he was also coexecutive producer). He has taught at New York University since 1994.Pollard takes us behind-the-scenes of his editing experience in a lecture with video clips on Thursday, November 1, followed by a screening of Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues. On Saturday, November 3, he discusses his work on Tony Silver’s documentary Style Wars, an early exploration of graffiti and hip-hop culture, which has been called “a training manual in how to edit and make a great documentary” (Ross Kauffman).
Kathy Geritz, Film Curator
Thursday, November 1, 2012
7:00 p.m. Behind the Scenes: Sam Pollard on Film Editing, followed by Mo' Better Blues
Spike Lee (U.S., 1990). Sam Pollard in person. Sam Pollard takes us behind the scenes of his editing career, including his collaboration with Spike Lee on Mo’ Better Blues, starring a youthful Denzel Washington as a jazz trumpeter. A “foxy, original, and moving film” (Gary Giddins, Village Voice). (90 min lecture, plus 127 min film)
Saturday, November 3, 2012
8:15 p.m. Style Wars
Tony Silver (U.S., 1984). Sam Pollard in person. This legendary, influential documentary captures New York City, circa 1983, and the rise of hip-hop, graffiti, tagging, and break-dancing. See urban pioneers like Kase, Crazy Legs, and more in this testament to the birth of a new style. A great companion piece to our Barry McGee exhibition. (69 mins)
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