Jelani Cobb
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 21, 1969, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Movies
- 16
William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.
Best-Known Movies
7.8
13th
2016
7.2
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
7.0
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
2020
8.0
McCarthy
2020
7.0
Lies, Politics and Democracy
2022
4.5
Heightened Scrutiny
2025
8.5
The Riot Report
2023
4.0
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
2022
10.0
Policing the Police
2016
5.0
One Person, One Vote?
2024
Filmography
| 2025 | Heightened Scrutiny | Self |
| 2024 | One Person, One Vote? | Self |
| 2022 | Lies, Politics and Democracy | Self - Reporter |
| 2022 | Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union | Self |
| 2021 | America After 9/11 | Himself |
| 2021 | Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America | Self |
| 2020 | The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden | Self - Interviewee |
| 2020 | Policing the Police 2020 | Self |
| 2020 | East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story | Self |
| 2020 | McCarthy | Self |
| 2019 | Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | Self - Columbia University |
| 2016 | 13th | Self |
| 2016 | Policing the Police | |
| 2010 | White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | The Riot Report | Writer |
| 2020 | Policing the Police 2020 | Writer |
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