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.

Film	Credit
The Age of Water2024 · Producer	Producer
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project2023 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games2023 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Subject2023 · Self	Self
LLearning to Breathe2021 · Director	Director
Elena2021 · Producer	Producer
Decolonizing Mental Health2021 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma2021 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
DDrawn to the Mat2019 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Changing Same2018 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
AA Mother's Dream2016 · Producer	Producer
AA Conversation with Black Women on Race2015 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
AA Conversation With Latinos on Race2015 · Director	Director
AA Conversation with White People on Race2015 · Producer	Producer
AA Conversation About Growing Up Black2015 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
American Promise2013 · Self, Director, Producer	Self, Director, Producer
CComing Home: The Dry Storm2010 · Producer	Producer
Slaying Goliath2008 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
FFaces of Change2006 · Producer	Producer
The Killing Zone2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Keeper1995 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
FFreddie Gray DocumentaryDirector, Producer	Director, Producer
PPaul Robeson DocumentaryDirector, Writer	Director, Writer