Big Boss Filmworks Is Dedicated To Depicting Life In The Struggle.
AUTHENTIC VOICES | POWERFUL STORIES | THE REAL AMERICAN DREAM
Who are we?
Founded by Courtney Brown Jr. and Lewis F. Stevens, Big Boss Filmworks is a Detroit-based independent film and television production company dedicated to bringing untold stories to the screen.
Through documentary filmmaking, original productions, and firsthand accounts, we explore the people, history, culture, and complexities of the American experience—giving a voice to stories too often overlooked or misunderstood.
Beyond Street Dreams
Beyond Street Dreams goes beyond the mythology of Detroit's streets to reveal the ambition, consequences and human stories behind the legends who lived them.
2025-2026 DOCUSERIES Directed by Lewis F. Stevens & Al Profit Produced by Lewis F Stevens And Courtney Brown Jr
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The Devil Is A Lie
The Devil Is a Lie follows Eddie Jackson to New York during 1971’s Fight of the Century, where a meeting arranged by Devil Jackson opens an unexpected door to the Gambino crime family—and sets in motion events that will change everything.
THE DEVIL IS A LIE
2025 · MIXED MEDIA
Directed by Lewis F. Stevens
Produced by Courtney Brown Jr. & Lewis F. Stevens
Motown Mafia: The Story Of Eddie Jackson & Courtney Brown
Two Detroit families rise from the historic Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods to the heights of the city's narcotics underworld, building an empire that would become part of Detroit legend.
2011 · DOCUMENTARY Directed by Al Profit
Produced by Courtney Brown Jr. & Lewis F. Stevens
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About Big Boss Filmworks
Big Boss Filmworks is an independent Detroit-based film and television production
FROM THE ARCHIVES - New York Film Festival In L.A., 2011
Producers Courtney Brown Jr., Lewis F. Stevens with Director Al Profit speak with Rick Rossi following Motown Mafia's Best Crime Documentary win at The New York Film Festival In L.A.
