Michèle Stephenson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

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Place of Birth

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Michèle Stephenson

Biography

Michèle Stephenson is an American documentary filmmaker, artist, and author who pulls from her Panamanian and Haitian roots, and experience as a human rights attorney to tell compelling, deeply personal stories that are created by, for, and about communities of color. With spouse Joe Brewster, Stephenson founded the Rada Film Group. While raising a family in Brooklyn, New York, they 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 in Harlem, New York, as they experienced a culture clash at a national tournamen...

Acting

2013

2023

Subject

as Self

Production

2021

Elena

as Director

2013

American Promise

as Director

2021

For Our Girls

as Director

2003

The Killing Zone

as Producer

2006

Faces of Change

as Director

2008

Slaying Goliath

as Director

2016

A Mother's Dream

as Director

2019

Drawn to the Mat

as Director

2008

2008

Slaying Goliath

as Producer

1995

The Keeper

as Associate Producer

2006

Faces of Change

as Producer

2016

A Mother's Dream

as Producer

2019

Drawn to the Mat

as Producer

2018

2024

The Age of Water

as Producer

2013

American Promise

as Producer

2020

Stateless

as Additional Camera

2020

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as Production Sound Mixer

2020

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as Storyboard Artist

2020

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as Translator

2018

2018

2020

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as Director

2020

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as Writer

2020

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as Producer

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