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Laurens Grant

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Freedom Riders is a story of a small, core group of riders who evolved from covertly building rough and unsustainable trails, to creating a precedent setting relationship with the Forest Service and building some of the best Freeride trails in the country. Welcome to Freedom Riders a look at the evolution of the sport and the progression of trail building in this country. From its days as an activity reserved for the few who rebelled against the spandex clad status quo, to the multimillion dollar, mainstream sport that it is today, see the true inside story on a group of riders that would never see their passion die.
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Laurens Grant is known for American Experience (1988), Freedom Riders (2010) and Slavery and the Making of America (2005).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Producer(produced by)
    Freedom Riders (2010)
    Freedom Riders
    8.0
    • Producer
    • 2010
    Slavery and the Making of America (2005)
    Slavery and the Making of America
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Hollywood Black (2024)
    Hollywood Black
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    Producer

    • Hollywood Black (2024)
      Hollywood Black
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2024
    • Descended from the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street (2021)
      Descended from the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street
      7.6
      Short
      • consulting producer
      • 2021
    • The Campaigns that Made History
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Recy Taylor in The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017)
      The Rape of Recy Taylor
      6.7
      • consulting producer
      • 2017
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards in The Nineties (2017)
      The Nineties
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • series producer
      • 2017
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2016
    • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
      The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Jack to a King: The Swansea Story (2014)
      Jack to a King: The Swansea Story
      7.4
      • line producer: New York
      • 2014
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • coordinating producer
      • 2003–2012
    • Freedom Riders (2010)
      Freedom Riders
      8.0
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Latin Music USA (2009)
      Latin Music USA
      8.2
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2009
    • Madhur Jaffrey, Deep Katdare, Pooja Kumar, and Madelaine Massey in Hiding Divya (2006)
      Hiding Divya
      5.6
      • line producer
      • 2006
    • Slavery and the Making of America (2005)
      Slavery and the Making of America
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2005
    • The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (2000)
      The Kennedys: The Curse of Power
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • segment producer
      • 2000

    Director

    • For All Humankind (2023)
      For All Humankind
      3.1
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Future of Work (2021)
      Future of Work
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier (2020)
      Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement (2016)
      Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
      4.1
      • Director
      • 2016
    • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
      Short
      • Director
      • 2003

    Writer

    • Shut Up and Dribble (2018)
      Shut Up and Dribble
      6.8
      TV Series
      • story consultant
      • 2018
    • Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
      Short
      • writer
      • 2003
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