Alex J. Bledsoe

Alex J. Bledsoe (she/her) is a film director, producer and multidisciplinary artist whose work illuminates daily life on the frontlines of racial capitalism, and the portals we create for our physical and psychospiritual liberation. OAKLEAD, her debut feature documentary, follows Oakland community members as they fight to protect one another from lead poisoning in their own homes and schools – and uncover over a century of environmental racism. OAKLEAD is a grantee of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, Berkeley Film Foundation, Redford Center, Fund for Investigative Journalism, and winner of the Jonathan Logan Elevate Award for Investigative Journalism. Alex is a 2026 Film Independent Doc Story Lab Fellow; a fellow in the 2026 Works-in-Progress Lab hosted by Cucalorus-Working Films-Documentary Accountability Working Group; a 2025 BAVC MediaMaker, and a 2023 California Arts Council Established Artist. Alex produced the narrative feature, Residue, about gentrification in Washington, D.C., which streamed on Netflix after premiering at Venice International Film Festival and winning a Slamdance Audience Award and a Film Independent Spirit Award. Alex is the co-founder of Breaktide, the all women-of-color production company based in the Bay Area, whose debut feature-length documentary, Standing Above the Clouds, (dir. Jalena Keane-Lee) won Hot Docs 2024’s Best Social Impact Documentary. Alex was a guest columnist for the Washington Post, and a live featured guest on KQED Forum for her filmmaking and activism. Alex earned her B.S. from Georgetown University, where she studied International Politics, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic.