$20 Suggested Donation

Following the preview of A Brief History of Silence at Waters Edge, we will come together in the Barn with filmmaker Stephen Winter to discuss his work, inspirations, and motivations.

Stephen Winter is an award-winning filmmaker, director, producer, and writer. His debut feature film Chocolate Babies (1996) was restored in 2021 by UCLA/Outfest and twice featured on the Criterion Channel. Stephen produced Jonathan Caouette’s Tarnation (2004) which premiered at Sundance; and directed season 1 and 2 of the series The Space Within (2023-26), starring and co-produced by Jessica Chastain for Audible. His second feature film Jason and Shirley (2015) starring and co-written by Sarah Schulman and Jack Waters, premiered at BAMCinemaFest and the Museum of Modern Art. The new edition Jason and Shirley Revisited premiered at NewFest in 2025 for a 2026 roadshow. Stephen has worked on films with Lee Daniels, Allan Hughes, Gus Van Sant, Xan Cassavetes, Jim Lyons, John Cameron Mitchell and Soledad O’Brien. Playwright Jeremy O. Harris has called Stephen “the father of modern Black Queer cinema.”