Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster

Michèle Stephenson is the co-producer and co-director of American Promise. A graduate of McGill University and Columbia University School of Law, Stephenson uses her background in critical studies, race and human rights to inform her documentary work.

Joe Brewster is the co-producer and co-director of American Promise.   He and his partner, Michèle Stephenson, have produced and directed award winning feature documentaries and narrative films.   Brewster is a Harvard/Stanford educated psychiatrist who specialized in organizational analysis, the use of psychoanalytical principals to understand and improve organizations.