Michèle Stephenson

Michèle Stephenson

Directing

21 films as director · Active 2006–2025

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 person…

Known for

American Promise

American Promise

2013

Subject

Subject

2023

Directed(21)

True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power

2025True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power★ 6.5

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

2023Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project★ 6.4

Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games

2023Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games

Elena

2021For Our Girls

Decolonizing Mental Health

2021Decolonizing Mental Health

The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma

2021The Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma

Stateless

2020Stateless★ 5.0

2019Drawn to the Mat

The Changing Same

2018The Changing Same

2016A Mother's Dream

2015A Conversation with White People on Race

2015A Conversation with Black Women on Race

2015A Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race

2015A Conversation With Latinos on Race

American Promise

2013American Promise★ 6.7

2010Coming Home: The Dry Storm

Slaying Goliath

2008Slaying Goliath

2006Faces of Change★ 7.0

—Paul Robeson Documentary

Acting(2)

2023SubjectSelf

2013American PromiseSelf

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