Joe Brewster

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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. 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.


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American Promise

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Released: 2013-10-18

In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and...

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Subject

as Self
Released: 2023-03-03

In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences –...

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