Joe Brewster
Director
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.
As Director
American Promise
2013
The Keeper
1995
The Killing Zone
2003
Learning to Breathe
2021
Slaying Goliath
2008
Drawn to the Mat
2019
A Conversation with Black Women on Race
2015
A Conversation About Growing Up Black
2015
Freddie Gray Documentary
TBA
Decolonizing Mental Health
2021
