Joe Brewster
- Known for
- Directing
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.
Movies with Joe Brewster
- American Promise 2013 · ★ 6.7
- Subject 2023 · ★ 6.7
Movies directed by Joe Brewster
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project 2023 · ★ 6.4
- The Keeper 1995 · ★ 5.7
- American Promise 2013 · ★ 6.7
- The Killing Zone 2003 · ★ 6.0
- Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games 2023 · ★ 6.0
- Learning to Breathe 2021
- A Conversation with Black Women on Race 2015
- Slaying Goliath 2008
- Drawn to the Mat 2019
- A Conversation About Growing Up Black 2015
- Decolonizing Mental Health 2021
- The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma 2021
- The Changing Same 2018
- A Conversation With Latinos on Race 2015