USA

Kevin Willmott is a professor of film at the University of Kansas and a film writer and director. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His film The Only Good Indian, which he directed and produced, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. In 2013, Willmott’s films Destination: Planet Negro! and Jayhawkers were both released. He also served as a writer on Spike Lee’s film Chi-Raq and as a screenwriter on Lee’s film BlacKkKlansman which won an Oscar and BAFTA for best adapted screenplay in 2019. Biography Source

Filmography

Ninth Street (1999)
The Really Young & the Very Restless (2001)
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
The Battle for Bunker Hill (2008)
The Only Good Indian (2009)
Destination: Planet Negro (2013)
Jayhawkers (2014)
Gordon Parks Elementary (2015)
Fast Break; The John McLendon Story (2016)
The Profit (2017)
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas (2018)
The Noble Narrative (2018)
The 24th (2019)
William Allen White: Whats the Matter with Kansas (2020)
No Place Like Home (2022)