nternational Film Festival, gora and CineFest co-present Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, the Sundance Grand Prize winner. Joe Brewster the director and his wife and co-director Michele Stephenson will be there for a Q&A moderated by Cristela Guerra of WBUR Arts & Culture.
ooks)Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/AutobiographyBreaking Ground: My Life in Medicine - Louis Sullivan with David Chanoff (University of Georgia Press)Outstanding Literary Work - InstructionalPromises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life - Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson
Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System Robbin Shipp, Nick Chiles (Agate Bolden)Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, Hilary Beard (Spiegel & Grau)
rnbluth for "Inequality for All," a look at the wealth gap in America featuring former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. The other went to "American Promise," directed by Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, which follows two African American boys over 12 years as they attend very different schools.