Kevin Willmott

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Kevin Willmott

Born August 31, 1959 · Junction City, Kansas, USA (age 67)

Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. He is known for work focusing on black issues, including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His The Only Good Indian (2009) was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced assimilation …

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BlacKkKlansmanBlacKkKlansman · 2018
BlacKkKlansman
★ 7.52018
MovieCrimeDrama
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
Da 5 BloodsDa 5 Bloods · 2020
Da 5 Bloods
★ 6.42020
MovieWarDrama
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
One Eye Open
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One Eye Open · 2026
One Eye Open
2026
MovieHorror
A recent college graduate house-sitting for her ailing grandfather finds herself caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with thieves who become haunted by something supernatural protecting her in the mysterious mansion.
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of AmericaC.S.A.: The Confederate States of America · 2005
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
★ 5.82005
MovieWarComedy
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Chi-RaqChi-Raq · 2015
Chi-Raq
★ 5.72015
MovieDramaCrime
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
The 24thThe 24th · 2020
The 24th
★ 6.12020
MovieDramaHistory
The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Houston Riot was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers in response to the brutal violence and abuse at the hands of Houston police officers.
The Only Good IndianThe Only Good Indian · 2009
The Only Good Indian
★ 3.52009
MovieActionDrama
Set in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teen-aged Native American boy is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian "training" school to assimilate into White society. When he escapes to return to his family, Sam Franklin, a bounty hunter of Cherokee descent, is hired to find and return him to the institution. Franklin, a former Indian scout for the U.S. Army, has renounced his Native heritage and has adopted the White Man's way of life, believing it's the only way for Indians to survive. Along the way, a tragic incident spurs Franklin's longtime nemesis, the famous "Indian Fighter" Sheriff Henry McCoy, to pursue both Franklin and the boy.
William Allen White: What's the Matter with KansasWilliam Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas · 2018
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas
2018
Movie
Narrated by Bill Kurtis, this documentary that explores the life an accomplishments of William Allen White.

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