Michèle Stephenson Movies

  • 2024
    The Age of Water

    The Age of Water

    The Age of Water

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    When the water in her small Mexican town proves to be radioactive, a young mom suddenly finds herself leading a local resistance movement. Her life...

    The Age of Water
  • 2013
    American Promise

    American Promise

    American Promise

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    In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and...

    American Promise
  • 1995
    The Keeper

    The Keeper

    The Keeper

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    Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, middle-class existence. Lamont's marriage is already...

    The Keeper
  • 2023
    Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

    Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

    Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

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    Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of...

    Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
  • 2020
    Stateless

    Stateless

    Stateless

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    Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from...

    Stateless
  • 2023
    Subject

    Subject

    Subject

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    In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having...

    Subject
  • 2023
    Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games

    Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games

    Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games

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    An illuminating look at the influence that hand games played by Black girls has had on the American creative landscape.

    Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
  • 2008
    Slaying Goliath

    Slaying Goliath

    Slaying Goliath

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    SLAYING GOLIATH takes an unprecedented intimate look at the world of amateur youth basketball through the eyes of the New York Select Huskies team as...

    Slaying Goliath
  • 2003
    The Killing Zone

    The Killing Zone

    The Killing Zone

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    Killing Zone is the story of an affluent Harlem psychiatrist living an unexamined life until his adoptive father- a doctor who plucked him from a...

    The Killing Zone
  • 2021
    Elena

    Elena

    Elena

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    In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism....

    Elena
  • 2021
    Decolonizing Mental Health

    Decolonizing Mental Health

    Decolonizing Mental Health

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    Like other healthcare industrial complexes, the mental health field operates around a centre defined by a whiteness of theory and practice....

    Decolonizing Mental Health
  • 2021
    The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma

    The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma

    The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma

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    The Changing Same is a magical realist, immersive, episodic virtual reality experience where the participant travels through time and space to...

    The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma
  • 2019
    Drawn to the Mat

    Drawn to the Mat

    Drawn to the Mat

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    After learning yoga changes one woman's life, she brings its transformative power to her community of working-class African Americans. Together, they...

    Drawn to the Mat
  • 2015
    A Conversation About Growing Up Black

    A Conversation About Growing Up Black

    A Conversation About Growing Up Black

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    In this short documentary, young black men explain the particular challenges they face growing up in America.

    A Conversation About Growing Up Black
  • 2015
    A Conversation with White People on Race

    A Conversation with White People on Race

    A Conversation with White People on Race

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    This short documentary features interviews with white people on the challenges of talking about race.

    A Conversation with White People on Race
  • 2021
    For Our Girls

    For Our Girls

    For Our Girls

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    Black women have played critical roles in all areas of the social justice movement but are often denied the platform they deserve. For Our Girls is a...

    For Our Girls
  • 2016
    A Mother's Dream

    A Mother's Dream

    A Mother's Dream

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    A Mother's Dream
  • 2006
    Faces of Change

    Faces of Change

    Faces of Change

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    Five people from five continents tell how they face racism and discrimination in their respective communities.

    Faces of Change
  • 2018
    The Changing Same

    The Changing Same

    The Changing Same

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    Eighty years after the lynching of Claude Neal, Florida's last spectacle killing, his ghost arises from the grave and we are all better off for it. ...

    The Changing Same
  • 2010
    Coming Home: The Dry Storm

    Coming Home: The Dry Storm

    Coming Home: The Dry Storm

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    In the wake of Hurricane Katrina the New Orleans City Council decides to demolish public housing leaving thousands of people without homes. Staging a...

    Coming Home: The Dry Storm