Michèle Stephenson
Directing · Director · Producer · Writer
Active 1995–present · Awards: Anonymous Was A Woman Award, Guggenheim Fellowship
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 personal stories that are created by, for,…
Filmography
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023) — Producer · Writer · DirectorAmerican Promise (2013) — Director · ProducerFaces of Change (2006) — Director · ProducerThe Age of Water (2024) — ProducerTrue North: Canadian Myths and Black Power (2025) — DirectorThe Keeper (1995) — Associate ProducerThe Killing Zone (2003) — ProducerStateless (2020) — Translator · Production Sound Mixer · Storyboard Artist · Additional Camera · Director · Producer · WriterElena (2021) — Director · WriterFor Our Girls (2021) — DirectorA Mother's Dream (2016) — Director · ProducerA Conversation with White People on Race (2015) — Director · ProducerSlaying Goliath (2008) — Director · Writer · ProducerComing Home: The Dry Storm (2010) — Director · ProducerA Conversation with Black Women on Race (2015) — Director · ProducerDrawn to the Mat (2019) — Director · ProducerBlack Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games (2023) — Producer · DirectorThe Changing Same (2018) — Producer · Director · WriterThe Changing Same - Episode 1: The Dilemma (2021) — Producer · DirectorA Conversation About Growing Up Black (2015) — ProducerFreddie Gray Documentary — ProducerDecolonizing Mental Health (2021) — DirectorA Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race (2015) — DirectorA Conversation With Latinos on Race (2015) — Director