
Joe Brewster
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Subject
as Self
(2013)
American Promise
as Self
Crew
Freddie Gray Documentary
Director, Producer
(2024)
The Age of Water
Producer
(2023)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Producer, Writer, Director
(2023)
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
Producer, Director
(2021)
Learning to Breathe
Director
(2021)
Elena
Producer
(2021)
Decolonizing Mental Health
Director, Writer, Producer
(2021)
The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma
Producer, Writer, Director
(2020)
Stateless
Executive Producer
(2019)
Drawn to the Mat
Director, Producer
(2018)
The Changing Same
Producer, Writer, Director
(2016)
A Mother's Dream
Producer
(2015)
A Conversation with Black Women on Race
Director, Producer
(2015)
A Conversation About Growing Up Black
Director, Producer
(2015)
(2013)
American Promise
Director, Producer
(2010)
Coming Home: The Dry Storm
Producer
(2008)
Slaying Goliath
Director, Writer, Producer
(2006)
Faces of Change
Producer
(2003)
The Killing Zone
Writer, Co-Producer, Director
(1995)
The Keeper
Writer, Director, Producer