Débora Souza Silva is an award-winning Brazilian documentary filmmaker whose work examines systemic racism and inequality. Her work has been featured on The New York Times, PBS, BBC, Reveal News, KQED, and Fusion. Débora received the Les Payne Founder's Award from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and was selected for a The New York Times Institute Fellowship. She is a Board Member of the Studio IX, an organization supporting emerging women and nonbinary nonfiction filmmakers. Débora is a recipient of the 2021 Creative Capital Award, a member of the 2020 Chicken & Egg(celerator) Lab and the 2019 Firelight Media Lab. She is also a recipient of the Athena Film Festival Breakthrough Award.
Films
For Our Children
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(2024)
For Our Children unites maternal voices of resilience and solidarity in a poignant cinematic journey. Directed, produced, and co-written by Débora Souza Silva, this emotional documentary chronicles the powerful convergence of two mothers, Reverend Wanda Johnson and Angela Williams, who build a network of support, healing and political action after police brutalized their young sons.
