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Writing

Marcia Smith

Career

Active from 1988 to 2019, with a break from 1989 to 1998, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for American Experience
American Experience
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 0.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Marcia Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Romance
    1.2, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.2, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Documentary 3
  • Civil Rights 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

12 titles ยท average score 54
The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor (2025)

Executive Producer

Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Sun Ra: Do the Impossible (2025)

Executive Producer

True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power
True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power (2025)

Executive Producer

Free for All: The Public Library
Free for All: The Public Library (2025)

Executive Producer

Lani B. Supreme: Legacy
Lani B. Supreme: Legacy (2025)

Executive Producer

Sister รšna Lived a Good Death
Sister รšna Lived a Good Death (2024)

Executive Producer

Sound of the Police
Sound of the Police (2023)
GoodWatch score 29

Executive Producer

Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Sydney G. James: How We See Us (2023)

Executive Producer

Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology (2023)

Executive Producer

Bulls and Saints
Bulls and Saints (2023)

Executive Producer

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
GoodWatch score 57

Executive Producer

Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day (2021)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer

2010s

5 titles
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business (2019)

Writer

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (2017)

Screenplay

American Carnage
American Carnage (2017)

Executive Producer

Gavin Grimm vs.
Gavin Grimm vs. (2017)

Executive Producer

Picket Line
Picket Line (2017)

Executive Producer

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 74
A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own (2004)

Writer

The Murder of Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till (2003)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2001)

Writer

1990s

1 title
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)

Writer