ACORN and The Firestorm

Reuben Atlas is a filmmaker selected for DOC NYC’s inaugural 40 Under 40 and is an Impact Partners Documentary Producers Fellow. His work includes: producing Bill Russell Legend (Netflix), co-producing and co-directing ACORN and The Firestorm (PBS), co-directing Sour Grapes (Netflix), and producing and directing Brothers Hypnotic (PBS).

Sam Pollard's first assignment as a documentary producer came in 1989 for Henry Hampton's Blackside production Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads. For one of his episodes in this series, he received an Emmy. His professional accomplishments as a feature film and television video editor and documentary producer/director span almost thirty years. Recently, he directed Slavery by Another Name (which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2012) and he produced/directed a documentary about Marvin Gaye for PBS’s American Masters. Together with Spike Lee, he produced and edited HBO’s When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts and the follow up If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997 for producing (and editing) the documentary 4 Little Girls, has won multiple Emmy awards, and has also received a George Peabody award.