"Dale M. Pollock" (born 1950) is an American film producer, writer and film professor. A journalist whose works have been published in a number of magazines and newspapers, Pollock is also the author of a biography of George Lucas. Pollock has produced thirteen feature films, one of which (Blaze (film)/Blaze) received an Academy Award nomination for Cinematography. As of 2010, he is a professor of Cinema Studies at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

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We would like some sort of parity in city funding that the National Black Theatre Festival has received, and we don't want our support to be at the expense of theirs.

It's made all the difference. We're all more sane. We're less panicked and we're less tired, at least before the festival ends on Sunday.