Blair Foster

Blair Foster

Blair Foster is a filmmaker who won two Emmys for her work on the Academy Award winning film, Taxi to the Dark Side as well as an Emmy for Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living in the Material World. In 2017 she directed and produced, along with Alex Gibney, Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge for HBO. She also produced the Netflix documentary Get Me Roger Stone which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Foster produced the Emmy nominated Sinatra: All or Nothing at All and the Peabody Award winning Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown both directed by Alex Gibney.She is the Executive Producer of The History of the Eagles as well as We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks. In 2012 Foster produced Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, part of the Peabody Award winning International Why Poverty series. She is the co-creator and director of The Conversation, seven short films about race published by the New York Times Op-Doc series. Blair attended graduate school for history and has a Master’s degree in documentary film from Stanford University.

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Blair Foster Movies

  • 2023
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    Silver Dollar Road

    Silver Dollar Road

    7.2 2023 HD

    The story of the Reels family who are valiantly attempting to protect the land their family bought one generation after slavery. This documentary, based on the 2019 ProPublica article, highlights the covert ways the legal system has been exploited to keep Black land ownership fragile and the racial wealth gap growing.

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  • 2014
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    Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

    Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

    6.9 2014 HD

    James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist. Charting his journey from rhythm and blues to funk, MR. DYNAMITE: THE RISE OF JAMES BROWN features rare and previously unseen footage, photographs and interviews, chronicling the musical ascension of “the hardest working man in show business,” from his first hit, “Please, Please, Please,” in 1956, to his iconic performances at the Apollo Theater, the T.A.M.I. Show, the Paris Olympia and more.

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  • 2015
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    A Conversation with White People on Race

    A Conversation with White People on Race

    1 2015 HD

    This short documentary features interviews with white people on the challenges of talking about race.

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  • 2022
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    Take Your Pills: Xanax

    Take Your Pills: Xanax

    6.083 2022 HD

    A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.

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  • 2015
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    A Conversation with My Black Son

    A Conversation with My Black Son

    1 2015 HD

    For generations, parents of black boys across the U.S. have rehearsed, dreaded and postponed œThe Conversation. But when their boys become teenagers, parents must decide how to handle discussions about race. In this short film originally published by The New York Times Op-Docs, parents reveal their struggles with telling their black sons that they may be targets of racial profiling by the police.

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  • 2018
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    Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    7.9 2018 HD

    A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

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  • 2005
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    Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

    Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

    1 2005 HD

    Following the departure of the show's original cast and creator after five seasons, SNL in the '80s is a look back at a decade of turbulent, often uncertain times that included the hiring and firing of several casts, numerous writers, producers and ultimately the revitalization of the show with the return of executive producer Lorne Michaels.

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  • 2013
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    We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

    We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

    6.548 2013 HD

    Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.

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  • 2008
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    Taxi to the Dark Side

    Taxi to the Dark Side

    6.941 2008 HD

    An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

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  • 2022
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    Take Your Pills: Xanax

    Take Your Pills: Xanax

    6.083 2022 HD

    A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.

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  • 1970
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    Black Spartans

    Black Spartans

    1 1970 HD

    The social upheaval of the mid-1960s converged with football at Michigan State University. This is the story of the first fully integrated college football national title team that forever changed the face of the country and the sport.

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  • 2020
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    Words on Bathroom Walls

    Words on Bathroom Walls

    7.8 2020 HD

    Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

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  • 2021
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    Totally Under Control

    Totally Under Control

    6.8 2021 HD

    This documentary puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented. Featuring damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, director Alex Gibney reveals a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of presidential leadership.

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  • 2025
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    Exodus

    Exodus

    1 2025 HD

    EXODUS is an intimate, lyrical portrait of Trinity Copeland and Assia Serrano as they struggle to make sense of their lives post-release, exploring the overarching question of: What does life after prison look like? Grappling with the weight of what they’ve done—and what society has done to them—the film explores the burden of absence, the toll of separation, and what it takes to rebuild fractured bonds.

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  • 2015
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    A Conversation With Latinos on Race

    A Conversation With Latinos on Race

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    1 2015 HD

    This short film explores the conversations that the parents of African-American boys have had with their sons regarding how they may become targets for police brutality.

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  • 2015
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    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    1 2015 HD

    This short film explores the conversations that the parents of African-American boys have had with their sons regarding how they may become targets for police brutality.

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  • 2015
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    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    1 2015 HD

    This short film explores the conversations that the parents of African-American boys have had with their sons regarding how they may become targets for police brutality.

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    A chronicle of the last 50 years of American music, politics and popular culture through the perspective of Rolling Stone magazine. An exhilarating visual and musical experience of the magazine’s history featuring performances by a dazzling array of artists and showcasing the groundbreaking work of its writers.

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    7 1970 HD

    A chronicle of the last 50 years of American music, politics and popular culture through the perspective of Rolling Stone magazine. An exhilarating visual and musical experience of the magazine’s history featuring performances by a dazzling array of artists and showcasing the groundbreaking work of its writers.

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  • 1970
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    7.543 1970 HD

    Alison Ellwood’s intimate, meticulously crafted patchwork of rare archival material, concert footage, and unseen home movies explores the evolution and enduring popularity of one of America’s truly defining bands. This exceptional two-disc set includes History of the Eagles Part One and History of the Eagles Part Two, as well as Eagles Live At The Capital Centre - March 1977, featuring never-before-released performances from the Eagles’ two-night stand at Washington, D.C.’s Capital Center Arena during the legendary Hotel California tour.

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    Exploring broader topics including media, feminism, politics and power, the documentary unfolds and traces the twisted, intertwined series of events that led to the impeachment trial that set the nation on the path towards a more staunchly partisan political system. The series features arresting archival footage as well as comprehensive interviews with the people closest to the events including a timely, in-depth reflection on the topic with Monica Lewinsky.

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    He was part of the most famous rock-'n'-roll quartet in history. But George Harrison was much more than just a member of The Beatles.

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