Collections/March 2025

Documentaries by Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster

In their urgent and empathetic documentaries, husband-and-wife team Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson explore issues of identity, injustice, and activist resistance in the Black diaspora. From American Promise , an intimate chronicle of two Black boys (one their own son) navigating the pitfalls of the American educational system remarkably filmed over the course of thirteen years, to Stateless (a solo directorial effort from the Haitian-Panamanian Stephenson), a devastating look at the effects of racist nationalism upon Haitians in the Dominican Republic, these unique films blend powerfully emotional storytelling with galvanizing sociopolitical insight.

3 films — 0 on the Channel, 3 unavailable