Joe Brewster
Directing
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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movieThe Changing Same
2018
Director
movieAmerican Promise
2013
Director
movieSlaying Goliath
2008
Director
movieThe Killing Zone
2003
Director
movieThe Keeper
1995
Director
Production21
movieSons of Detroit
2025
Executive Producer
movieThe Age of Water
2024
Producer
movieElena
2021
Producer
movieStateless
2020
Executive Producer
movieThe Changing Same
2018
Producer
movieAmerican Promise
2013
Producer
movieSlaying Goliath
2008
Producer
movieThe Killing Zone
2003
Co-Producer
movieThe Keeper
1995
Producer
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movieSlaying Goliath
2008
Writer
movieThe Keeper
1995
Writer