Dorothea Braemer is an award-winning independent mediamaker and Assistant Professor of Media Production at Buffalo State College. For ten years, she was the Executive Director at Squeaky Wheel, a media arts center in Buffalo, NY, where she launched Channels – Stories from the Niagara Frontier and The Buffalo Youth Media Institute, two documentary production initiatives inspired by her long-term experience working at Scribe. Dorothea received an MFA in Film and Media Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia. She lives in in Buffalo, NY with her husband Carl Lee and daughter Greta.

The Seven Deadly Sins (USA, 1999, 7 min)
Co-Directedby David Kluft
A reinterpretation of the Seven Deadly Sins, based on a ballet by Berthold Brecht.

The Last Adjunct (USA, 2019, 7 min)
A Brechtian 3-Act video about the plight of adjuncts.

“Be Good, Make Me Proud” - Arthur Eve and the Educational Opportunity Program (USA, 2021, 18 min)
Co-directed by Steve Peraza
A portrait about the pioneering Buffalo-based politician and Founder of the Educational Opportunity Program, a widely successful college mentoring and financial aid program.

Body of Work: Dorothea Braemer Night 3 (Portraits and Brechtian Pieces)