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Joe Brewster

Director

Joe Brewster

16 films

Joe Brewster is an American psychiatrist and filmmaker who directs and produces fiction films, documentaries and new media focused on the experiences of communities of color.

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With partner Michèle Stephenson he founded Rada Studio to tell stories about communities that have been neglected by the mainstream media and contribute to the American narrative mosaic. Together, while raising a family in Brooklyn, New York, Brewster and Stephenson have directed and produced documentary and fiction films. In 2008, they directed Slaying Goliath, a documentary that follows 10 days in the life of their son's fifth grade basketball team from Harlem, New York as they experience culture clash at a national tournament in suburban Florida. Brewster and Stephenson also produced and directed Faces of Change, which follows five activists on five continents fighting racism in their communities.

Filmography

16 films as director
  1. TBAFreddie Gray DocumentaryDirector
  2. TBAPaul Robeson DocumentaryDirector
  3. 2023Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni ProjectDirector
  4. 2023Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand GamesDirector
  5. 2021Learning to BreatheDirector
  6. 2021Decolonizing Mental HealthDirector
  7. 2021The Changing Same - Episode 1: The DilemmaDirector
  8. 2019Drawn to the MatDirector
  9. 2018The Changing SameDirector
  10. 2015A Conversation with Black Women on RaceDirector
  11. 2015A Conversation With Latinos on RaceDirector
  12. 2015A Conversation About Growing Up BlackDirector
  13. 2013American PromiseDirector
  14. 2008Slaying GoliathDirector
  15. 2003The Killing ZoneDirector
  16. 1995The KeeperDirector