FILM & TV WORK
Archival Producer, Researcher, Producer
FILM & TV WORK
Archival Producer, Researcher, Producer
sam aleshinloye: Archival Producer
An archival producer finds and secures archival materials for use in film, television, and other productions. They work with directors, editors, and writers to ensure that the materials are used accurately and ethically, and handle copyright clearances.
Milestone Generations (2022)
In 2022 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the HBO Max/DC Comics original documentary directed by Justice Whitaker.
Milestone Generations (2022)
In 2022 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the HBO Max/DC Comics original documentary directed by Justice Whitaker.
SELECT REVIEWS
Combined with the great number of archival photos, the documentary touches on how personal every single issue of Milestone was. Whether it be from the open forum work environment to come up with stories, the 100-color process to properly represent a variety of skin tones, or the variety of characters to reflect real people who were underrepresented in comics. -Phasr Media
Milestone Generations is a worthy, potentially educational (and concise!) watch that highlights some unsung heroes of the comics field. -Decider
SYNOPSIS
The film examines the founders’ trajectory throughout the last 30 years, detailing their unwavering commitment, passion and perseverance to rise to the top of the comic book industry.” -DC Comics
“Narrated by award winning actor and musician Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith, Milestone Generations chronicles the relaunch of Milestone Comics…” -DC Comics
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground (2021)
In 2021 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the HBO Max original documentary directed by Sophia Nahli Allison.
Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground (2021)
In 2021 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the HBO Max original documentary directed by Sophia Nahli Allison.
SELECT REVIEWS
“Hallowed Ground takes a closer look at the archival footage lovingly and meticulously captured for the original film by documentarian and historical archivist Henry Hampton over the course of nearly two decades.” -Essence
“Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground is a mystical and lyrical reimagining of the past, present, and future.” -HBO
SYNOPSIS
“Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground is probably best described as a video essay presented in tandem with the original documentary series, in all ways more experimental than Hampton’s work, which was more innovative in subject matter than aesthetic approach..” -Hollywood Reporter
“HBO Max follows through nicely on a terrific idea: Instead of just dropping Eyes on the Prize in the content menu and hoping people find it, the streamer produced Hallowed Ground as an introduction — or for older generations, a reintroduction — to the series, and an assertion of its cultural significance.” -Decider
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of the Godfather of Harlem (2020)
In 2020 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the 4-hour EPIX original series executive produced by Forest Whitaker and director/executive
producer Keith McQuirter.
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of the Godfather of Harlem (2020)
In 2020 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the 4-hour EPIX original series executive produced by Forest Whitaker and director/executive
producer Keith McQuirter.
SELECT REVIEWS
Combining personal stories with powerful music and rare archival footage, audiences will see beyond the black-and-white historical images into the multicolored souls of musicians unafraid to use music as a weapon for change. -Harlem World Magazine
SYNOPSIS
Inspired by the music and subjects featured in the EPIX original series Godfather of Harlem, this documentary series brings alive the dramatic true story of Harlem and its music during the 1960’s, and connects that history to our present moment. -EPIX
SMOKE: Marijuana + Black America (2020)
In 2020 Aleshinloye served as archivist on the 2-hour BET News Special
directed by Erik Parker, excecutive produced by Nasir
‘Nas’ Jones.
SMOKE: Marijuana + Black America (2020)
In 2020 Aleshinloye served as archivist on the 2-hour BET News Special
directed by Erik Parker, excecutive produced by Nasir
‘Nas’ Jones.
SELECT REVIEWS
“BET’s sharp and persuasive documentary “Smoke: Marijuana + Black America” is undaunted by the enormous tasks it sets out for itself, not the least of which is to describe a certain profound link between pot and daily existence. The film, airing Wednesday night, is equal parts love story, tragedy and outrage” -Washington Post
SYNOPSIS
“Told through the lens of aficionados, policy makers, advocates and innovators in the booming legal cannabis industry, SMOKE features testimony from a range of notable individuals”. -BET
Asian Americans (2020)
In 2019 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the 5-hour PBS series executive produced by Renee Tajima-Peña.
Asian Americans (2020)
In 2019 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the 5-hour PBS series executive produced by Renee Tajima-Peña.
SELECT REVIEWS
“The filmmakers tapped specialty community collections from the Japanese American National Museum and the Museum of Chinese in America in New York, before part of its vast archive was damaged in a fire in January. They also asked people to look in their basements for private troves of home videos, photographs and media that they dusted off, digitized, and preserved as part of the project.” -LA Times
Asian Americans wins a Peabody -Peabody Awards
SYNOPSIS
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that will chronicle the contributions, and challenges of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing ethnic group in America. Personal histories and new academic research will cast a fresh lens on U.S. history and the role Asian Americans have played in it. -PBS
Tricky Dick (2019)
In 2018 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the 4-hour CNN series.
Tricky Dick was named Outstanding Broadcast Series by the Cinema Eye Honors
Tricky Dick (2019)
In 2018 Aleshinloye served as archival producer on the 4-hour CNN series.
Tricky Dick was named Outstanding Broadcast Series by the Cinema Eye Honors
SELECT REVIEWS
“Its pieced together through archive so you follow it as people witnessed it, as it was told [at the time],” Noel Hedges, eOne’s EVP of acquisitions, told Variety. “You’re following it first-hand rather than being told about it by an historian. It’s a slightly more authored way of looking at the whole man and not just the resignation Nixon.” -Variety.com
AWARDS
Tricky Dick was named Outstanding Broadcast Series -Cinema Eye Honors
SYNOPSIS
“Featuring never-before-seen footage, 'Tricky Dick' explores Richard Nixon's life and times -- tracking his rise, fall, incredible comeback and political destruction.” -CNN
once in a great city: detroit (2019)
In late 2017-2018 Aleshinloye served as an archival researcher on the 4-hour series, executive produced by Anthony Bourdain.
once in a great city: detroit (2019)
In late 2017-2018 Aleshinloye served as an archival researcher on the 4-hour series, executive produced by Anthony Bourdain.
SYNOPSIS
“The docuseries, produced by Zero Point Zero, will take viewers back to a time in America when people believed in the power and goodness of big corporations, had high hopes for racial parity, and looked to institutions like unions and the government to solve their problems” -Metrotimes
Burn Motherf*Cker, BURN! (2017)
In 2016-2017 Aleshinloye served as archival researcher on the SHOWTIME Networks orginal documentary Burn Motherf*cker, Burn!, produced by Mass Appeal and directed by Sacha Jenkins.
Burn Motherf*Cker, BURN! (2017)
In 2016-2017 Aleshinloye served as archival researcher on the SHOWTIME Networks orginal documentary Burn Motherf*cker, Burn!, produced by Mass Appeal and directed by Sacha Jenkins.
SELECT REVIEWS
“Jenkins has woven together an impressive archive of extant footage going back to the 1940s and '50s, when large groups of African-Americans moved to California from the Southern states (and elsewhere), in search of better opportunities….” - Roger & Ebert
SYNOPSIS
“Blatant and unflinching, the documentary depicts a world that is neither well-balanced nor fair..” -Indiewire
Against All Odds: A fight for a black middle class (2016)
In 2016 Aleshinloye served as a Producer & Archival Producer for longtime journalist and former New York Times columnist, Bob Herbert's hard -hitting PBS documentary.
Against All Odds: A fight for a black middle class (2016)
In 2016 Aleshinloye served as a Producer & Archival Producer for longtime journalist and former New York Times columnist, Bob Herbert's hard -hitting PBS documentary.
SYNOPSIS
“…With a compelling narrative, dramatic historical footage and a series of deeply personal interviews, Bob Herbert shows why this is still the case a half century after the heyday of the civil rights movement. -PBS
And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK (2016)
In 2015-2016 Aleshinloye worked as an archival researcher with Ark Media on a four-hour PBS series titled
AND STILL I RISE: Black America since MLK, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK (2016)
In 2015-2016 Aleshinloye worked as an archival researcher with Ark Media on a four-hour PBS series titled
AND STILL I RISE: Black America since MLK, hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
SELECT REVIEWS
“Watching Black America Since MLK certainly helps put our current state of events in context. It’s also as much a celebration of the achievements African-Americans have made over the last half century as it is a sobering reminder of how far black folks still have to go” -SALON
SYNOPSIS
“The series has the distinctive, personal tone of an essay, but it is also filled with compelling reflections upon key events that have occurred over the last 50 years from African Americans who shaped our shared history.” - EurWeb
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Aleshinloye recently worked as an archival researcher and assistant producer on the 2015 Sundance premiere selection film, Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution directed by Stanley Nelson.
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution was awarded the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Documentary, was named top 5 documentary films of 2015 by the National Board of Review, awarded the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary film, and awarded the FOCAL International award for Best Use of Footage in a Factual Film.
EMMY NOMINATION
In 2016 Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for the category Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Aleshinloye recently worked as an archival researcher and assistant producer on the 2015 Sundance premiere selection film, Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution directed by Stanley Nelson.
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution was awarded the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Documentary, was named top 5 documentary films of 2015 by the National Board of Review, awarded the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary film, and awarded the FOCAL International award for Best Use of Footage in a Factual Film.
EMMY NOMINATION
In 2016 Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for the category Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.
SELECT REVIEWS
“…told through meticulous research and astonishing archival materials by MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson. Vanguard of the Revolution is a riveting chronicle of power, idealism, tragedy, and transformation” -Museum of Modern Art
“The Black Panthers Vanguard of the Revolution is a documentary that uses rare footage to chronicle the explosive movement in a most comprehensive way.” -NBC News
“An essential history, The Black Panthers:Vanguard of the Revolution, is a vibrant, human, living and breathing chronicle of this pivotal movement…” -Sundance Institute
The moment is right for a documentary history of the Panthers.” -NY Times