St. Clair Bourne, the Harlem-born documentary filmmaker who chronicled the lives of African Americans, died Saturday after surgery to remove a brain tumor. He was 64.

Among Bourne's films (according to this biography on Bourne's web site) were documentaries about singer Paul Robeson, poet Amiri Baraka and the making of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing." His film "John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk" screened in competition at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.