Alex J. Bledsoe

 
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Feature-Length Documentary (In Development)

OAKLEAD

Director | Producer

Investigative documentary exploring lead poisoning and environmental racism in Oakland.

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Short Documentary (In post-production)

Heart Race

Director | Producer | Cinematographer

AJ is a 36-year-old father of two with end-stage congestive heart failure. Heart Race follows AJ’s pursuit of a heart transplant while grappling with the entrapments of poverty and racial inequity in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 
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Commissioned Series

Nike

Executive Producer | Director

“UNTIL WE ALL WIN”

NIKE.COM/EQUALITY LAUNCH

Produced and directed four short documentaries highlighting young black people using sport to organize their communities in New York and Atlanta. The videos were part of the launch of Nike’s Equality vertical and “Until We All Win” campaign, during Black History Month.

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Photo by Flo Ngala

 
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Photojournalism

Aqui Tem:
Rio de Janeiro Prepares for the World Cup & Olympics

Creator | Photojournalist

Photojournalism documenting social and geographical change in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.

 
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Feature-length Narrative Film

Residue

Line Producer

When Jay returns home to DC, he finds his neighborhood gentrified beyond recognition, and his friends being scattered to the wind.

In its world premiere at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival, Residue won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, the Acting Award (Obi Nwachukwu), and Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention.

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Past Work

Commissions & CommercialS


Executive Producer & Director

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“Until We All Win”

Nike.com/Equality LAUNCH

This short-form docuseries announced the launch of the Nike Equality vertical, during Black History Month 2019.

The videos feature highlighting young black people using sports and wellness to organize and uplift their communities.

Sharrod Golightly: East Atlanta Field Day

Maiya Newton: Pretty Girls Sweat

Keith Taylor: WeAreInspo

Haile Thomas: H.A.P.P.Y. (Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, Writer & Director

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National Campaign for breast & ovarian health awareness

Three-part series featuring actress Caitlin Brodnick, Black Girl in Om founder Lauren Ash, and a cohort of activists, to increase awareness of breast and ovarian cancer prevention amongst young women in the United States.

Lauren Ash: Prevention is Power

Caitlin Brodnick: Knowing My Cancer Risk Gave Me Peace & Power

Activists: Let’s get to work

Director & Producer

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How can we systematically prioritize women’s health?

In this four-part docuseries, San Francisco activists describe how mass incarceration, homelessness, gentrification, fatphobia and other forms of social violence directly impact women’s health.

SPACE | BODIES | VISION | ACTION

Producer & Co-Director

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She The People Launch

This video announced the formation of She the People, a multiracial coalition elevating the political power of women of color in the United States. The video features Alicia Garza, Linda Sarsour, Dolores Huerta, Rashida Tlaib, and other prominent women of color activists and politicians.

 
 

Co-founder

Breaktide Productions

Breaktide Productions is a media production company owned and operated by women of color, and rooted in intersectional solidarity.

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