Kevin Willmott

Kevin Willmott

Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an American film director and screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas. 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 The Only Good Indian (2009) was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced assimilation that took place. In Jayhawkers (2014), he followed the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team. Willmott has collaborated with Spike Lee, with whom he shared an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman. The two again collaborated in writing Da 5 Bloods, released worldwide digitally on June 12, 2020.

  • Title: Kevin Willmott
  • Popularity: 1.0065
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1959-08-31
  • Place of Birth: Junction City, Kansas, USA
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Kevin Willmott Movies

  • 2023
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    Chasing Chasing Amy

    Chasing Chasing Amy

    8.5 2023 HD

    CHASING CHASING AMY explores the transformational impact of a ‘90s rom-com on a 12 year old kid from Kansas, coming of age and contending with...

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  • 2013
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    Destination: Planet Negro!

    Destination: Planet Negro!

    6.333 2013 HD

    In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response to Jim Crow America -- leave the planet and...

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  • 1999
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    Ninth Street

    Ninth Street

    1 1999 HD

    The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of...

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  • 2003
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    The Search for Inflata-boy

    The Search for Inflata-boy

    1 2003 HD

    A mockumentary about the search for a mysterious creature known as Inflata-boy.

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  • 2021
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    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    6.25 2021 HD

    A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.

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  • 2005
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    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

    5.757 2005 HD

    Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America...

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  • 2020
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    Da 5 Bloods

    Da 5 Bloods

    6.469 2020 HD

    Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried...

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  • 2015
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    Chi-Raq

    Chi-Raq

    5.8 2015 HD

    A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

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  • 2018
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    BlacKkKlansman

    BlacKkKlansman

    7.499 2018 HD

    Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover...

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  • 2013
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    Destination: Planet Negro!

    Destination: Planet Negro!

    6.333 2013 HD

    In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response to Jim Crow America -- leave the planet and...

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  • 2013
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    Destination: Planet Negro!

    Destination: Planet Negro!

    6.333 2013 HD

    In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response to Jim Crow America -- leave the planet and...

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  • 2013
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    Destination: Planet Negro!

    Destination: Planet Negro!

    6.333 2013 HD

    In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response to Jim Crow America -- leave the planet and...

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  • 1999
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    Ninth Street

    Ninth Street

    1 1999 HD

    The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of...

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  • 2009
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    The Only Good Indian

    The Only Good Indian

    3.5 2009 HD

    Set in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teen-aged Native American boy is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian "training"...

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  • 2008
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    Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    1 2008 HD

    Peter Salem, a former Wall Street executive recently released from prison, returns to his ex-wife and children in the small town of Bunker Hill,...

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  • 1999
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    Ninth Street

    Ninth Street

    1 1999 HD

    The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of...

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  • 2008
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    Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    1 2008 HD

    Peter Salem, a former Wall Street executive recently released from prison, returns to his ex-wife and children in the small town of Bunker Hill,...

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  • 1999
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    Ninth Street

    Ninth Street

    1 1999 HD

    The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of...

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  • 2005
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    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

    5.757 2005 HD

    Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America...

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  • 2015
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    Chi-Raq

    Chi-Raq

    5.8 2015 HD

    A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

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  • 2014
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    Jayhawkers

    Jayhawkers

    1 2014 HD

    A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that...

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  • 2014
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    Jayhawkers

    Jayhawkers

    1 2014 HD

    A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that...

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  • 2022
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    No Place Like Home

    No Place Like Home

    1 2022 HD

    Directed by Oscar winner Kevin Willmott, No Place Like Home takes you on a tour of a deep red state, to meet people who have found themselves in a...

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  • 2018
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    William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas

    William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas

    1 2018 HD

    Narrated by Bill Kurtis, this documentary that explores the life an accomplishments of William Allen White.

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  • 2018
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    William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas

    William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas

    1 2018 HD

    Narrated by Bill Kurtis, this documentary that explores the life an accomplishments of William Allen White.

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  • 2020
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    The 24th

    The 24th

    5.2 2020 HD

    The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The...

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  • 2020
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    The 24th

    The 24th

    5.2 2020 HD

    The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The...

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  • 1970
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    Untitled Arthur Ashe Biopic

    Untitled Arthur Ashe Biopic

    1 1970 HD

    The story of Wimbledon tennis champ and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe

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  • 2020
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    The 24th

    The 24th

    5.2 2020 HD

    The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The...

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