brooke stern sebold
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Original Work
I CHANGED MY MIND
non-fiction series
I CHANGED MY MIND is an interview series that aims to normalize what the changing mind looks like through conversations with guests who have changed their minds about a belief system, leading to a personal paradigm shift in their lives. View the promo here.
Produced in partnership with Second Peninsula and with support from the Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley.
Created & Hosted by: Brooke Sebold
Produced by: Second Peninsula
Funded by: The Greater Good Science Center
A magical comedy about a queerdo whose old car comes to life with the spirit of their judgmental Jewish grandmother, a backseat driver from the ever after.
Grandma Bruce is a love letter to my grandma, but it’s also about celebrating one’s choices and letting go of cultural expectations around life looking a particular way. The film is currently screening at festivals worldwide. Watch the trailer here.
Starring: Laura Chirinos, Monica Piper, Fernanda Urrejola
Written & Directed by: Brooke Stern Sebold
Produced by: Sam Curley
GRANDMA BRUCE
short film
feature doc
Winner of over a dozen Audience Choice and Jury Awards, Red Without Blue examines the ever-evolving relationship between two identical twins as one transitions from male to female.
Selected Awards include: Audience Award, Slamdance Film Festival; Jury Award, Frameline Film Festival; HBO Grand Jury Award, Miami LGBT Film Festival; Jury Award, Athens International Film & Video Festival + others.
Currently available on Amazon Prime. View the trailer here.
Directed & Produced by:
Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills, Todd Sills
Distributed by: Journeyman Pictures
RED WITHOUT BLUE
FRAMING AGNES
feature doc
A cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access. The film breathes life into six previously unknown stories from the archives of the UCLA Gender Clinic in the 1950s.
View the trailer here.
Selected Awards include: NEXT Audience Award & NEXT Innovator Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2022; Outstanding Documentary, GLAAD Awards, 2022.
Starring: Zackary Drucker, Jen Richards, Angelica Ross
Directed: Chase Joynt
Co-Produced & Edited by: Brooke Stern Sebold
Distributed by: Kino Lorber
YEAR ZERO
original scripted series
With zero survival skills or money, Brooke and Ruby, two millennial LA besties abandon the patriarchy to build an intersectional utopian society on a private tropical island with NO MEN ALLOWED. Welcome to Year Zero! Are you in?
View the concept trailer here.
Created by: Brooke Sebold & Ruby Marez
Produced by: Sam Curley
STORIES OF CARE.
NO MATTER WHAT.
mini docs / TV spots
"Stories of Care. No Matter What" gets at the heart of what Planned Parenthood means for so many across the country. Care, no matter what. The series consists of 20+ pieces for web and television, some of which aired nationally on NBC's Morning Joe and some locally, in the backseats of NYC taxicabs.
As former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards says, "this incredible series showcases the real and personal stories of those who provide and those who benefit from Planned Parenthood’s essential health care.” View the complete series here.
Written & Directed by: Brooke Sebold
Produced by: Planned Parenthood & ib5k
short film
When a teenage runaway is confronted by her father on her smoke break, she gives him the length of a cigarette to convince her to come home. Meanwhile, she has a secret of her own.
Awards: Accolade Award of Excellence, The Accolade; Honorable Mention, Best Short, IndieProducer Film Competition; Semi-Finalist, Best Short, Angelus Student Film Festival.
Starring: Heather Robb & Michael Lengyel
Directed by: Brooke Sebold
Produced by: Veronica Nickel
Written by: Matthew Tyler
THE LAST CIGARETTE
AFTER THE SNOW
short film
An armed and impulsive young pregnant woman bursts into the home of the man who raped her eight-months prior, demanding his confession. She gets more than she bargained for.
Awards: Special Jury Award, Florida Film Festival; Accolade Award of Merit, The Accolade; Official Selection: Brooklyn Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival, Ashland Film Festival.
Starring: Jeannine Kaspar & Mark Borkowski
Directed by: Brooke Sebold
Produced. by: Veronica Nickel
Written by: Matthew Tyler
BROTHERHOOD
short film
On the short drive from the bus stop to his house, Jared learns that his older brother Kief has fallen onto hard times, but Kief remains unwavering in his determination to bring his little brother home.
Awards: Winner, CINE Golden Eagle Award; Special Mention, Alexis Award, Palm Springs ShortFest; Best Short, The Loft Cinema; Finalist, Best Short, Ashland Independent Film Festival; Finalist, Best Short, USA Film Festival.
Starring: Chris Riggi & Mike Kingsbaker
Directed by: Brooke Sebold
Written & Produced by: Matthew Tyler
THE SPRING STANDARDS
live performance
In late 2013, The Spring Standards released Live From Delaware, a digital album of their annual hometown Boxing Day concert, a treasured tradition for the band. In conjunction, we filmed and released the live concert.
Starring: The Spring Standards
Produced & Directed by: Brooke Sebold
Distributed by: Vimeo on Demand
ONLY SKIN
The Spring Standards official music video
View the music video here.
Starring: The Spring Standards
Produced & Directed by:
Brooke Sebold & Shawn Wines
Cinematography: Owen Donovan
THE HUSH
The Spring Standards official music video
View the music video here.
Starring: The Spring Standards
Produced & Directed by:
Brooke Sebold & Shawn Wines
Cinematography: Owen Donovan
