Débora Souza Silva
TFI Support
Tribeca All Access® 2019
About
Débora Souza Silva is a filmmaker whose work examines systemic racism and inequality. Her work has appeared on PBS, BBC, The Center for Investigative Reporting, and Fusion. She is a recipient of the Les Payne Award from the National Association of Black Journalists and was selected for a NYT Institute Fellowship. She started her career as a TV-reporter in Brazil before moving to California for a Masters in Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Débora is a recipient of a Gracie Award, the Investigative Reporting Program fellowship, Tribeca All Access® grant, Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellowship and Chicken & (Egg)celerator Lab.
Black Mothers
Violence. Outrage. Impunity. Repeat. BLACK MOTHERS follows the journey of two women working to disrupt the cycle of racist violence within our country's injustice system. As one mother navigates the aftermath of her son’s attack by local police, the other channels her grief into organizing other mothers to fight for—and win—concrete change and justice.