Documentaries
Music by Prudence (2010)
Music by Prudence
A story about the most
unlikely voices of hope
The Academy Award winning documentary short MUSIC BY PRUDENCE tells the inspiring story of Zimbabwean singer/songwriter Prudence Mabhena, who was born with a severe disability. Prudence and her band members search for social acceptance in a society where physical disabilities are seen as a curse and the afflicted are often disowned by their families.

Music by Prudence • documentary • 34 minutes • directed and produced by Roger Ross Williams • director of photography: Derek Wiesehahn • editor: Geeta Gandbhir • co-producer and associate editor: Patrick Wright • For HBO – supervising producer: Sara Bernstein • executive producer: Sheila Nevins. musicbyprudence.com

Other documentaries

Secret Son

 
Secret Son (2002)
Secret Son–Director Roger Ross Williams turns the camera on himself in this personal story about betrayal, religion and the search for the truth. The product of an affair between his married church deacon and his then married mother, Williams sets out to search for the father he has never known. The emotional journey takes him from the baptist church where he grew up, to the deep south were he confronts his biological father and meets an extended family he has never known.

New York Underground

 
New York Underground (2005)
Winner of the National Headliner Award for Best Human interest documentary. New York Underground takes the viewer deep into the world of the New York City subways through the eyes of the conductors, commuters, performers, police, preachers, beggars, graffiti artists and subway buffs that live and make a living in the world under New York. From subway school, to the pick-pocket decoy police division, it takes views on a ride deep into the hidden heart of New York city.

First Off the Tee

 
First Off the Tee (2004)
First off the Tee is a look at 100 years of Presidential golf. The favorite sport of America’s presidents, award-winning New York Times reporter Don Van Natta tells us how their golf game is often a reflection of how they govern. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas, Gary Player and other golf legends take us on a journey deep into minds of America’s duffers in chief’s as we travel from Bush Sr. and Bush Jr.’s favorite club in to Texas to Bill Clinton’s favorite club in Ireland.