Mr. Brarailty (Rel) Dowdell

Courses Taught:

Written Communication I & II, Introduction to Filmmaking, Film Festival Planning, Professional Internship for Film, Film Criticism, Film Business

Research and Scholarly Interests:
Professor Dowdell’s research focuses on the constantly evolving history of film and its components, in addition to independent filmmaking and low-budget filmmaking and screenwriting.

Professor Dowdell’s has an extensive and very accomplished film and screenwriting background. His films have been acquired and distributed by major studies such as Sony Pictures and Lionsgate and screened at prestigious international venues such as Berlin and Cannes. His most recent film, his third feature which was a documentary entitled Where’s Daddy?, examined perspectives on the child support system and the specific effects and consequences to African-American families, with emphasis on the experience of fathers as participants in the system. The film has been acquired as a credible resource of academic study in the libraries of Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, M.I.T., Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Swarthmore College, UCLA, University of Southern California, Syracuse University of Law, Hofstra Law School, and Seton Hall Law Library.

The film also has a 100% consensus critics rating on the top film review website, Rotten Tomatoes:

Rotten Tomatoes link to Where’s Daddy?:: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wheres_daddy

Link to Professor Dowdell’s biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rel_Dowdell”