His newest documentary film, MLK/FBI, releases today and has already received critical praise and been named Best Documentary at the San Diego International Film Festival. Pollard sat down for a virtual interview to talk about his newest work, the joys of documentary filmmaking, Hollywood mythmaking, and what history can tell us about our present. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. HUTCHINSON: You've worked with Spike Lee on some of his narrative projects yet still do most of your work in documentaries. Is that form what you're most passionate about? POLLARD: Yeah, I am. I mean, it's sort of ironic. Initially, when I got into the business many, many years ago, I wanted to be a feature film editor of narrative films, because I had grown up watching lots of narrative films. So that was my goal. But I was very fortunate that, in retrospect, at the end of it, who I first worked with as an apprentice editor, he introduced me to the world of documentaries. And I never looked back. I think one of the reasons that I love documentaries so much is because when I was a young editor I was kind of shy and more introverted. The editing of the documentary was a way to help shape a narrative without having to be on location or talk to people. I just really, really got engaged by it. The idea of telling real stories of real people, it just grabbed me, and I still like it. I always, even from when I was in middle school, high school, I always loved history.