"Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes" wins Best Music Documentary at the 2023 IDA Documentary Awards
“Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes is an important film, telling a story the world needs to hear about how music and activism worked and continue to work hand in hand.” - Kyle Foley
“It stands out pretty highly in the music documentary genre ... great music doc with a fascinating social angle.” - Sean Boelman
“Time is everything in this 'American Masters' presentation. The documentary benefits from having had an abundance of it.” - John Anderson
“Often building sections into pulsating impressions that reflect its subject and an overall musicality” - Marjorie Baumgarten
"Two Trains Runnin'" dir. Sam Pollard
“This captivating movie, like the blues itself, is at once a recognition of those somber truths and a gesture of protest against them.” - A. O. SCOTT
“Music naturally fills the film... As we watch these once-marginalized artists thrillingly bring their past to bear on tense times, so does this look-and-listen complement the urgency of our newly charged civil rights moment.” - Robert Abele