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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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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2003  The Killing Zone

Director:
1995  The Keeper
2003  The Killing Zone
2008  Slaying Goliath
2013  American Promise
2015  A Conversation About Growing Up Black
2015  A Conversation with Black Women on Race
2018  The Changing Same
2019  Drawn to the Mat
2021  Decolonizing Mental Health
2021  Learning to Breathe
2021  The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma
2023  Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
2023  Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
????  Freddie Gray Documentary

Executive Producer:
1995  The Keeper
2003  The Killing Zone
2008  Slaying Goliath
2013  American Promise
2015  A Conversation About Growing Up Black
2015  A Conversation with Black Women on Race
2018  The Changing Same
2019  Drawn to the Mat
2020  Stateless
2021  Decolonizing Mental Health
2021  Learning to Breathe
2021  The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma
2023  Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
2023  Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
????  Freddie Gray Documentary

Producer:
1995  The Keeper
2003  The Killing Zone
2006  Faces of Change
2008  Slaying Goliath
2010  Coming Home: The Dry Storm
2013  American Promise
2015  A Conversation About Growing Up Black
2015  A Conversation with Black Women on Race
2015  A Conversation with White People on Race
2016  A Mother's Dream
2018  The Changing Same
2019  Drawn to the Mat
2020  Stateless
2021  Decolonizing Mental Health
2021  Elena
2021  Learning to Breathe
2021  The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma
2023  Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
2023  Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
????  Freddie Gray Documentary
????  The Age of Water

Writer:
1995  The Keeper
2003  The Killing Zone
2006  Faces of Change
2008  Slaying Goliath
2010  Coming Home: The Dry Storm
2013  American Promise
2015  A Conversation About Growing Up Black
2015  A Conversation with Black Women on Race
2015  A Conversation with White People on Race
2016  A Mother's Dream
2018  The Changing Same
2019  Drawn to the Mat
2020  Stateless
2021  Decolonizing Mental Health
2021  Elena
2021  Learning to Breathe
2021  The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma
2023  Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
2023  Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
????  Freddie Gray Documentary
????  The Age of Water

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