Acclaimed filmmaker and seasonal Island resident Stanley Nelson screened We Want the Funk!, his newest documentary, at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival this week. Mr. Nelson also showed A Place of Our Own, the 2004 film that highlighted the Black summer community in Oak Bluffs.
Among the Island's many talented artists stands Stanley Nelson, a three-time Emmy Award winner, MacArthur genius fellow and recipient of the National Humanities Medal.
Stanley Nelson's latest documentary film, Attica, has been nominated for an Academy Award. The film was co-directed by Traci Curry.
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s highly personal documentary A Place of Our Own had a rare big-screen showing Tuesday night at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in Vineyard Haven.
When documentary filmmaker and seasonal Vineyard resident Stanley Nelson began work on his latest film about the history of the crack epidemic he did so with one clear intention — to set the record straight.
Seasonal Vineyarder and documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson premiered a new movie on ESPN about the quarterback Michael Vick.