Joe Brewster
Biography
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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Filmography
- —Freddie Gray DocumentaryFreddie Gray DocumentaryFilm · Director, Producer
- —Paul Robeson DocumentaryPaul Robeson DocumentaryFilm · Director, Writer
- 2025Sons of DetroitFilm · Executive Producer
- 2024The Age of WaterFilm · Producer
- 2023Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni ProjectFilm · Producer, Writer, Director
- 2023Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand GamesFilm · Producer, Director
- 2021Learning to BreatheLearning to BreatheFilm · Director
- 2021ElenaFilm · Producer
- 2021Decolonizing Mental HealthFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 2021The Changing Same - Episode 1: The DilemmaFilm · Producer, Writer, Director
- 2020StatelessFilm · Executive Producer
- 2019Drawn to the MatDrawn to the MatFilm · Director, Producer
- 2018The Changing SameFilm · Producer, Writer, Director
- 2016A Mother's DreamA Mother's DreamFilm · Producer
- 2015A Conversation with Black Women on RaceA Conversation with Black Women on RaceFilm · Director, Producer
- 2015A Conversation With Latinos on RaceA Conversation With Latinos on RaceFilm · Director
- 2015A Conversation with White People on RaceA Conversation with White People on RaceFilm · Producer
- 2015A Conversation About Growing Up BlackA Conversation About Growing Up BlackFilm · Director, Producer
- 2013American PromiseFilm · Director, Producer
- 2010Coming Home: The Dry StormComing Home: The Dry StormFilm · Producer
- 2008Slaying GoliathFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 2006Faces of ChangeFaces of ChangeFilm · Producer
- 2003The Killing ZoneFilm · Writer, Co-Producer, Director
- 1995The KeeperFilm · Writer, Director, Producer
