CREDITS

REBOUND: Co-Producer
A dramatic film about the fall and redemption of Earl “The Goat” Manigault, a playground basketball legend. Produced by HBO Films, Way Out Pictures and The Badham Company.

THE LONG NIGHT: Co-Producer
A dramatic feature film based on the Julian Mayfield novel, released by Mahler Films, NYC. MOMA New Director/New Films, Moscow Film Festival, African Arts/Culture Festival, (FESTAC), Nigeria, Swedish Television (TV2)

ON THE BOULEVARD: Producer/Director
A dramatic short film about an unemployed musician in Hollywood and his bittersweet romance with his dancer girlfriend. Produced for PBS.

EXILES: Co-Producer/Director/Co-Writer
A "political thriller/love story" film about American deserters from the Vietnam war set in Stockholm, Sweden during the late 1960's and early 1970's. A co-production of Cinetofon AB (Sweden) and Chamba Mediaworks with funds from the Swedish Film Institute.

THE BRIDE PRICE: Co-Producer/Director
A romantic mystery set in Senegal about an African-American who falls in love with the daughter of a village holy man and finds himself drawn into a world that he doesn't understand. The Bus Company, Inc.

HERITAGE OF THE BLACK WEST: Producer/Director/Writer
Describes the past and present role of African-Americans in the American West. Produced for National Geographic Society Educational Films.

HORSE RACING / MORE FROM LESS : Producer/Director/Co-Writer
2 educational shorts. Produced for INFINITY FACTORY/PBS

A BRAND NEW LANGUAGE : Producer/Director
An educational film tracing the historical approaches to drug abuse prevention in the media. Produced by Chamba for H.E.W. Dept.

A PIECE OF THE BLOCK: Producer/Director
A scripted promotional film with actors about economic development in Harlem. Produced for the Harlem Commonwealth Council.

PUSHER MAN: Director
An educational anti-drug abuse film produced and written by Godfrey Cambridge. Produced through Denmara Productions.

WE HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES: Director
A film describing the American Institute of Architecture's Community Design Center programs, filmed in New Orleans, Cleveland, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Produced by Lawrence Ravitz Associates.

NOTHING BUT COMMON SENSE: Producer/Director/Writer
An educational film about engineering, modern technology and problem solving; filmed in New York, Philadelphia, Michigan and Newark. Produced by Chamba for the Engineers Council for Professional Development, Inc.

STATUES HARDLY EVER SMILE: Coordinating Producer
An educational film describing the Brooklyn Museum's Creative Arts program for children. Produced by Chamba for the Brooklyn Museum.

SOMETHING TO BUILD ON : Producer/Director/Writer
A motivational film to attend college aimed at Black youth. Produced by Chamba for the CEEB

ONCE WHEN WE WERE KINGS: Unit Manager
A feature-length documentary about the music festival during the Ali-Forman fight in Zaire, Africa. Produced by Intl. Films-Records Ltd.
Academy Award winner - 1996

JOHN HENRIK CLARKE: A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK: Director
A feature-length film about the life and times of the Pan-African scholar/activist. Executive produced and narrated by Wesley Snipes. Toronto, Carthage, Ouagadougou Films Festivals.
Produced by Black Dot Media, Hollywood, CA

MAKING "DO THE RIGHT THING" : Producer/Director/Writer A narrative documentary about the making of Spike Lee's feature film DO THE RIGHT THING in the Black community of Brooklyn, NY. Produced by The Chamba Organization. Theatrically released through First Run Features. Munich Film Festival; Hawaii Film Festival; Amiens (France) Film Festival; Turino (Italy) Film Festival; Blacklight (Chicago) Festival; Hawaii Film Festival

THE BLACK AND THE GREEN: Producer/Director
A narrative documentary chronicling a trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland by five Black American activists. Produced by Chamba Organization. Honorable Mention, Global Village Documentary Festival; Third Eye Film Festival, London, England; Munich Film Festival

IN MOTION: AMIRI BARAKA: Producer/Director
A videowork portrait of Afro-American poet/writer/activist Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones). Produced by Chamba. First Prize, Global Village Documentary Festival

LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN!: Producer/Director/Writer
A narrative documentary about the travels of a new young minister, filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, Mound Bayou, Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois. Produced by Chamba. Bronze Award, Intl. Film/TV Festival, NYC; MOMA Cineprobe Series, NYC; Whitney Museum New American Filmmakers Series, NYC; Swedish
Televison (TV1); Jamaican Film Festival; Pacific Film Archives and other major independent film forums.

BIG CITY BLUES: Producer/Director
A documentary on three new musicians on the contemporary Blues music scene in Chicago. Produced by Chamba. First Prize/Music Black Filmmakers Hall Of Fame; Honorable Mention. Global Village Documentary Festival

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY: Executive Producer
A documentary by Kirsten Johnson that gives an insider's perspective on the criminal justice in Washington, DC as a young African-American public defender struggles to help his clients turn their lives around. Produced by Big Mouth Films and HBO. Berlin Film Festival
A QUESTION OF COLOR : Executive Producer
A documentary on the impact slavery on Afro-American beauty standards and skin color discrimination within the Black community. Produced and directed by Kathi Sandler. A Film 2 Production; broadcast over PBS network.

OPPOSITE CAMPS: Executive Producer
Directed by Ben Brand and produced by Jonathan Mednick, this humorous and thought-provoking look at race relations chron-icles six weeks at a New England summer camp where ten white counselors and thirty African-American campers try to create a new community

MELVIN & MARIO AT SUNDANCE: Producer-Director-Writer
A documentary short commissioned by the Sundance Channel about Black pioneer filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles and his son Mario at the world premier of BAADASSS, Mario’s feature film about the making of his father’s groundbreaking SWEET, SWEETBACK’S BAADAASS SONG.

HALF-PAST AUTUMN: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF GORDON PARKS Producer
A feature length documentary about photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer. Produced for HBO Cable (Nominated for 3 EMMYS (Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Editing)

PAUL ROBESON: HERE I STAND!: Director
A 2-hour documentary about the controversial actor, singer and activist. Produced for the PBS "American Masters" series.
MYTH AND REALITY and BREAKING THE BARRIERS: Producer/ Director
Two 1-hour documentaries about the impact of racial politics on international sports. Produced for the BBC/Catalyst series WILL TO WIN. Broadcast over the BBC European network.

LANGSTON HUGHES: THE DREAM KEEPER: Director
A narrative performance film about the life and times of the noted Afro-American poet/writer. Filmed in Paris, France, Dakar, Senegal and the U.S. featuring James Baldwin, Hon. Leopold Senghor, Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks and Max Roach. Produced for PBS series "Voices & Visions".Berlin Intl. Film Festival; First Prize/TV Cultural Documentary, San Francisco Intl. Film Festival; First Prize Overall, Black Filmmaker Hall Of Fame; Hawaii Intl. Film Festival; Honorable Mention, Global Village Documentary Film Festival

BELLEVUE EMERGENCY!: Senior Producer
A "reality-based" ABC-TV cinema-verite documentary series set in New York's Bellevue Hospital Emergency Ward. A King Arthur/ABC Production

AMERICA: BLACK AND WHITE: Producer
An NBC White Paper Special Report on the state of race relations in the Reagan economy. Nymphe d'Or/Best Documentary, Monte Carlo TV Film Festival
NEW ORLEANS BRASS: Producer/Director
A documentary with musical performances about the brass band traditional culture in New Orleans and the people, past and present, who created it. Produced for the National Geo-graphic "Explorer" TV series.

GULLAH: WHERE ROOTS ENDURE: Producer/Director
A film about the impact of tourism and development on the local people and their African-based culture in the South Carolina Sea Islands. Produced for the National Geographic "Explorer" TV

JACK WILSON, MUSICIAN: Producer/Director/Writer A profile on a jazz musician who made the transition from "bebop" world of the east coast to the "commercial" world of Hollywood. Produced for KCET-TV.

VAL VERDE: Producer/Director/Writer
A documentary about the history of Val Verde, a Black Palm Springs-type resort for the Los Angeles Black communty under segregation. Produced for KCET-TV.

BLACK COP: Producer/Director/Writer
A look at African-American police on the Los Angeles Police Department and their feelings about their work, their relations with the Black communty and other white officers. Produced for KCET-TV.

TELEPHONE : Producer/Director
A dramatic short starring Godfrey Cambridge.
Produced by Chamba for the Sesame Street series.

BLACK JOURNAL Series: Producer/Director/Writer
The first one-hour monthly first national Black public affairs documentary series Produced by the National Educational Television network (PBS); EMMY nomination and award; National Association of Newspaper Publishers Award; National Association of Radio/TV Announcers Award. Producer/Director/Writer

THE NATION OF COMMON SENSE - a look at the Nation Of Islam (Black Muslims) with an interview with founder Hon. Elijah Mohammed.

SOUL, SOUNDS AND MONEY -a musical documentary featuring Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight and The Pips, Isaac Hayes, filmed in Hollywood, New York and Memphis.

THE SOUTH: BLACK STUDENT MOVEMENTS - an examination of various Black campus activists.

MALCOLM X LIBERATION UNIVERSITY - the birth of a radical Black college in North Carolina.

PAUL ROBESON - a photo-animated film tracing Robeson's life and career.

SICKLE CELL ANEMIA - one of the first investigations about the disease that affects Black Americans.

AFRO-DANCE - traces the roots of Afro-American dancing to Africa, features performances.

FOCUS: SOUTH AFRICA - one-hour program about apartheid in South Africa using film and in-studio segments.

PEOPLE/EVENTS IN THE NEWS - a news wrap-up using photos
Associate Producer

PORTRAIT OF JULIAN BOND - describes the personal and poltical life of the Georgian legislator.

NEW LEADERSHIP: CORE/SNCC - analysis of leadership of leading civil rights groups.