Phil Pinto
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Phil Pinto is an Emmy-winning filmmaker based in New York. As a Producer, his most recent documentary, LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES, premiered at Tribeca and won the 2024 News & Documentary Emmys for Best Documentary and Outstanding Documentary Direction. A New York Times Critic’s Pick, the film received support from the Sundance Documentary Fund, and was nominated for two Critics Choice Awards. It also received a Television Academy Honor recognizing impact and storytelling excellence. Previously, he served as Co-Producer on MLK/FBI, which received the Critics Choice Award for Best Historical Documentary as well as IDA Award and Cinema Eye Award nominations. It was also included in the 2021 Academy Awards shortlist.
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Lakota Nation vs. United States
LAKOTA NATION VS. THE UNITED STATES chronicles the Lakota's quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty agreements. A searing, timely portrait of resistance, the film explores the ways America has ignored its debt to Indigenous communities, and ponders what might be done today to repair the wrongs of the past.
MLK/FBI
Based on newly declassified files and archival footage, MLK/FBI explores the US government's relentless surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King Jr., depicting him as a target of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI during the Civil Rights movement, while investigating how federal authorities tried to discredit him as an enemy of the state.
