For Our Children
7.8
“It takes a village.”
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, whose lives were forever altered by the scourge of police brutality against their Black sons.
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Débora Souza Silva Director · Contessa Gayles Cinematographer Sara Maamouri Editor
United States release April 29, 2022 · Produced in United States · Production Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Institute
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Dandara Productions
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Tribeca Film Institute
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Sundance Institute
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SSIFilm Invest
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Glassbreaker Films
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Firelight Media
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Fork Films
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Chicken & Egg Films
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Catapult Film Fund
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Creative Capital
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California Humanites
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United States
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United States · April 29, 2022
Theatrical
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