Justine Browning

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Professor, Writer, Activist

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About

Justine Browning is a Bronx-born filmmaker and journalist. She previously served as an editor at Entertainment Weekly and has contributed to outlets, such as USA Today and PBS. She has taught at Penn State, The Colin Powell School of Public Policy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Fordham University, and St. John’s University on the subjects of media, literature, human rights, international relations, and writing. 


She earned her M.Phil from Fordham University in English and her M.A. in International Studies with a concentration in Mass Violence and Women's Studies from the Graduate Center. She received her B.S. in Media and Global Affairs from NYU, which led her to study media systems throughout the world. She has lived in Argentina, Italy, The Czech Republic, and New Orleans - and has visited over 55 countries. In her spare time, she enjoys taking dance classes and writing female-driven screenplays/novels with a social justice theme. 


She recently hosted the talk "Reel Rebellion: Cinematic Justice in the #MeToo Era" at Penn State and was a speaker at the Critical Perspectives in Human Rights conference, where she discussed literature as a method of memorialization in the wake of mass violence. 


She is a proud member of Amnesty International and Women for Women International. 

Courses Taught

Migration Narratives: Writing Space, Place, and Movement  Marymount College


Human Rights Stories: Crafting Memorials with Words Marymount College 


Storytelling Under Fire: Writing in Conflict Zones Marymount College 


Women’s Detective Fiction as Social Justice Narrative Marymount College


The Body Keeps Score: Stories In The Flesh Marymount College 


Written Resistance: Narratives as Activism Colin Powell School of Public Policy


Representing Women and Gender in Literature, Art, and Popular Cultures Penn State


International Studies Internship Fordham University


Introduction to Gender Studies John Jay College of Criminal Justice 


Writing For Social Science: The American City as Narrative City College of New York 


Writing For Arts and Humanities  City College of New York


Bridges to Success: Leadership and the Social Sciences Colin Powell School of Public Policy


Community-Based First Year Writing Seminar  St John's University 


Pen as Power: Writing and Social Movements in America  City College of New York


Writing Justice: The Art of Investigative Storytelling John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Contact justine

JustineBrowningwriter@gmail.com

For panel moderating, guest speaking, event hosting, media appearances, or educational services - please email at the above address. 


For screenplay/teleplay requests: Zack Zucker at Bellevue Productions

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Screenplay/Teleplay list

TV: 


Gunner: A financially desperate Iraq war veteran leads a group of fellow downtrodden women soldiers to build an underground arms smuggling empire along the El Paso/Mexico border. Just don’t tell her good-natured, school-teacher husband. (Script, Bible, Two Pager available). 


Ruin: A brutal double murder in New Orleans forces two women from different worlds to team up against a deadly criminal empire. (Script, Bible, Two Pager available). 


Sketchy: A reclusive art professor finds herself at the center of the crime world when she begins working as a police sketch artist. Joining forces with a disgraced detective, she investigates a series of unsolved cases… including the murder of her husband. (Script, Bible, Two Pager available). 


Candor: Based on a shocking 1982 murder case. A cash-strapped accountant attains a luxurious life after helping her diamond dealer boss pull off a multimillion-dollar bookkeeping scheme with the aid of her lesbian lover. But when the FBI closes in on the company, the women fight to protect themselves, with deadly consequences. (Script, Bible, Two Pager available). 


Dead Flight: A big-shot journalist returns to his crumbling home city of Detroit, where he risks his life to investigate corruption, political scandals, and murder as a local reporter. 

(Script, Bible, Two Pager available). 


Film: 


Number 131: An embattled New York author discovers her birth mother disappeared during the mass abductions of Argentina’s Dirty War. Traveling to Buenos Aires, she teams with a journalist to collect the pieces of her tragic history and uncovers a mystery she never imagined. (Script available)


Vehicle City: After surviving a brutal attack at the hands of local criminals, a woman teams with a newly released ex-con to enact revenge. Grappling with the dangerous terrain of their Flint, Michigan town, the two soon learn their battle is one they may not survive. (Script available)


The Keys: In 1960s Florida, a woman whose husband is serving in Vietnam struggles to make ends meet. But when an exiled Cuban farmer washes ashore, she’s plunged into a dangerous world she never imagined…the illegal cigar business.  (Script available)


Jane Doe: Based on a true story. After moving in with their mother’s mysterious new boyfriend, two sisters are thrust into a series of terrifying events, forcing them to unravel a dark and deadly secret lurking within their home before it consumes them.


Podcast: 


First Responder: A former paramedic who aided the 9/11 rescue effort must uncover the truth about her husband, who disappeared during the attack. But as she grapples with the lingering effects of the air at Ground Zero, she fears time may be running out. (Script available)

Writer/Director Reel

Scenes from the short films: Disconnected, Breach, Coda, Plead, and Hollow Girl. 

Journalism Reel

Interviews with Keanu Reeves, Meryl Streep, Ryan Gosling, and more.

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