Black Mothers Love & Resist
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2023 NOMINEE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
2022
United States
101 mins
Documentary Film Competition
| Débora Souza Silva | |
| Débora Souza Silva, David Felix Sutcliffe | |
| Wanda Johnson, Angela Williams | |
| Implied Violence; Graphic Violence |
Wanda Johnson and Angela Williams, mothers of young Black men victimized by police brutality, come together and build a network of community-led support, mutual aid, and healing in Débora Souza Silva’s trenchant documentary spanning Oakland’s Fruitvale to the American South.
Long before George Floyd’s murder and the BLM protests in 2020, Oscar Grant’s 2009 killing by a BART police officer seeded public awareness and cultural consciousness of systemic racism and its discontents. Paying forward lessons learned and advocating against anti-Black violence in memory of her son, Oscar, Wanda Johnson holds space for Angela Williams, whose teen son, Ulysses, survives a brutal police attack in Troy, Alabama, living to tell his story.
About the Director
Débora Souza Silva is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work examines systemic racism and inequality. Her work were featured on PBS, BBC, Reveal News, KQED, and Fusion. She received the NABJ Les Payne Founder’s Award, a New York Times Institute Fellowship, 2021 Creative Capital Award, a member of the 2020 Chicken & Egg(celerator) Lab and the 2019 Firelight Media Lab.
Reviews
An Aftermath Untold: How Black Mothers Are Building Their Communities Back from Police Brutality – Winter Film Awards, by Ava Manson
Sundance Institute Doc Fund Boosts Diverse Slate Of Filmmakers With $590,000 In Grants – Deadline, by Matthew Carey
International Documentary Association Awards $115,000 to Seven Films Through Pare Lorentz Fund (EXCLUSIVE) – Variety, by Manori Ravindran
Bay Area Artists Shine in This Year’s Creative Capital Awards – KQED, by Sarah Hotchkiss
Abigail Disney’s Fork Films Reveals Documentary Grant Recipients – The Hollywood Reporter, by Mia Galuppo
In Black Mothers Love & Resist, moms organize for justice & an end to police brutality – KALW Public Media, Bee Soll and Rose Aguilar
SFFilm Makers programs offer boost to directors hoping to follow in path of Ryan Coogler, Chloé Zhao – The San Francisco Chronicle, by G. Allen Johnson
SF Film Fest is back — here are 18 films you should not miss – The Mercury News, by Randy Myers
Chrissy Metz’s ‘Stay Awake’ to Open San Francisco Film Festival – The Hollywood Reporter, by Etan Vlessing
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Awards
2022 24th Sidewalk Film Festival – Best Black Lens Film
2022 20th Annual Run&Shoot Filmworks Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival – Best of the Best Awards in the Documentary Category (Finalist)
