Michèle Stephenson

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American Promise
6.7

American Promise

Oct 18, 2013

American Promise
2013 135 min 6 vues
In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, as they started kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School just as the private institution was committing to diversify its student body. Their cameras continued to follow both families for another 12 years as the paths of the two boys diverged—one continued private school while the other pursued a very different route through the public education system.
Documentary
Subject
6.5

Subject

Mar 03, 2023

Subject
2023 97 min 2 vues
In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of Minding the Gap, Cameraperson, An Inconvenient Truth, and more.
Documentary
Elena
1

Elena

Jun 04, 2021

Elena
2021 32 min 1 vues
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. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic's Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. Elena, the young protagonist of the film, and her family stand to lose their legal residency in the Dominican Republic if they don't manage to get their documents in time. Negotiating a mountain of opaque bureaucratic processes and a racist, hostile society around, Elena becomes the face of the struggle to remain in a country built on the labor of her father and forefathers.
Documentary
American Promise
6.7

American Promise

Oct 18, 2013

American Promise
2013 135 min 6 vues
In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, as they started kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School just as the private institution was committing to diversify its student body. Their cameras continued to follow both families for another 12 years as the paths of the two boys diverged—one continued private school while the other pursued a very different route through the public education system.
Documentary
For Our Girls
1

For Our Girls

Jul 12, 2021

For Our Girls
2021 11 min 1 vues
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 remix of the 2015 New York Times Op-Doc“ A CONVERSATION WITH BLACK WOMEN ON RACE.” It explores the stigmas Black girls face as they grow up within and outside their community. Working with the original interviews and reflections in 2020, mothers share their concerns with how they are shaping and impacting their daughters’ independence. The film is a love letter to Black daughter.
Documentary
The Killing Zone
3

The Killing Zone

Mar 07, 2003

The Killing Zone
2003 80 min 1 vues
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 Nigerian refugee camp as a child - is gunned down by an eleven-year-old in Brooklyn. In an instant, everything he's absorbed in twent years in America is thrown into question, and his search for the boy resurrects memories of his own buried past.
Thriller
Faces of Change
1

Faces of Change

Nov 30, 2006

Faces of Change
2006 22 min 1 vues
Five people from five continents tell how they face racism and discrimination in their respective communities.
Documentary
Slaying Goliath
1

Slaying Goliath

Aug 15, 2008

Slaying Goliath
2008 70 min 1 vues
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 they seek to win the AAU National Basketball Championship. The grueling price the team must pay to win exposes the hidden dark side of amateur sports.
Documentary
Coming Home: The Dry Storm
1

Coming Home: The Dry Storm

Jan 01, 2010

Coming Home: The Dry Storm
2010 44 min 1 vues
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina the New Orleans City Council decides to demolish public housing leaving thousands of people without homes. Staging a courageous battle that reminds us of how much home means to us all, residents became activists, attracting the attention of international human rights monitors and taking their cause to the highest levels of HUD (Housing and Urban Development Agency) in Washington DC.
Documentary
Drawn to the Mat
1

Drawn to the Mat

Dec 01, 2019

Drawn to the Mat
2019 7 min 1 vues
After learning yoga changes one woman's life, she brings its transformative power to her community of working-class African Americans. Together, they realize the power of mind, body, spirit and community.
Documentary
Decolonizing Mental Health
1

Decolonizing Mental Health

Jun 01, 2021

Decolonizing Mental Health
2021 29 min 1 vues
Like other healthcare industrial complexes, the mental health field operates around a centre defined by a whiteness of theory and practice. It’s a colonization that has rarely ever been questioned.
Documentary
Slaying Goliath
1

Slaying Goliath

Aug 15, 2008

Slaying Goliath
2008 70 min 1 vues
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 they seek to win the AAU National Basketball Championship. The grueling price the team must pay to win exposes the hidden dark side of amateur sports.
Documentary
Slaying Goliath
1

Slaying Goliath

Aug 15, 2008

Slaying Goliath
2008 70 min 1 vues
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 they seek to win the AAU National Basketball Championship. The grueling price the team must pay to win exposes the hidden dark side of amateur sports.
Documentary
The Keeper
5

The Keeper

Sep 15, 1995

The Keeper
1995 92 min 5 vues
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 they seek to win the AAU National Basketball Championship. The grueling price the team must pay to win exposes the hidden dark side of amateur sports.
Drama
Faces of Change
1

Faces of Change

Nov 30, 2006

Faces of Change
2006 22 min 1 vues
Five people from five continents tell how they face racism and discrimination in their respective communities.
Documentary
Coming Home: The Dry Storm
1

Coming Home: The Dry Storm

Jan 01, 2010

Coming Home: The Dry Storm
2010 44 min 1 vues
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina the New Orleans City Council decides to demolish public housing leaving thousands of people without homes. Staging a courageous battle that reminds us of how much home means to us all, residents became activists, attracting the attention of international human rights monitors and taking their cause to the highest levels of HUD (Housing and Urban Development Agency) in Washington DC.
Documentary
Drawn to the Mat
1

Drawn to the Mat

Dec 01, 2019

Drawn to the Mat
2019 7 min 1 vues
After learning yoga changes one woman's life, she brings its transformative power to her community of working-class African Americans. Together, they realize the power of mind, body, spirit and community.
Documentary
The Changing Same
1

The Changing Same

Oct 22, 2018

The Changing Same
2018 21 min 1 vues
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. In the Florida Panhandle lies the provincial town of Marianna, Florida, where one native resident runs a particular marathon in hopes of lifting the veil of racial terror caused by the town’s buried history.
Documentary
The Age of Water
1

The Age of Water

Oct 20, 2024

The Age of Water
2024 137 min 1 vues
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 is upended when she has to face a powerful and corrupt government hellbent on burying the truth.
Documentary
American Promise
6.7

American Promise

Oct 18, 2013

American Promise
2013 135 min 6 vues
In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, as they started kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School just as the private institution was committing to diversify its student body. Their cameras continued to follow both families for another 12 years as the paths of the two boys diverged—one continued private school while the other pursued a very different route through the public education system.
Documentary
Stateless
5

Stateless

Sep 17, 2020

Stateless
2020 96 min 1 vues
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
Documentary
Stateless
5

Stateless

Sep 17, 2020

Stateless
2020 96 min 1 vues
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
Documentary
Stateless
5

Stateless

Sep 17, 2020

Stateless
2020 96 min 1 vues
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
Documentary
Stateless
5

Stateless

Sep 17, 2020

Stateless
2020 96 min 1 vues
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
Documentary
The Changing Same
1

The Changing Same

Oct 22, 2018

The Changing Same
2018 21 min 1 vues
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. In the Florida Panhandle lies the provincial town of Marianna, Florida, where one native resident runs a particular marathon in hopes of lifting the veil of racial terror caused by the town’s buried history.
Documentary
The Changing Same
1

The Changing Same

Oct 22, 2018

The Changing Same
2018 21 min 1 vues
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. In the Florida Panhandle lies the provincial town of Marianna, Florida, where one native resident runs a particular marathon in hopes of lifting the veil of racial terror caused by the town’s buried history.
Documentary
Stateless
5

Stateless

Sep 17, 2020

Stateless
2020 96 min 1 vues
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
Documentary
Stateless
5

Stateless

Sep 17, 2020

Stateless
2020 96 min 1 vues
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
Documentary
Stateless
5

Stateless

Sep 17, 2020

Stateless
2020 96 min 1 vues
Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.
Documentary
1

Oct 26, 2023
2023 min 1 vues
This new CBC documentary series uses contemporary interviews and archival footage to chronicle Canada’s long history of anti-Black racism, including episodes on police brutality and the rise of hip-hop music.
Documentary