For our Children
Still from For Our Children
Film Complete
Directed by | Débora Souza Silva |
For our Children (previously Black Mothers Love & Resist) is the first feature-length documentary to examine the “Mothers of the Movement,” a growing, nationwide network of mothers whose African-American children have been killed or attacked in acts of racist violence. With unprecedented access, the film is a character-driven exploration of these Black mothers’ efforts to heal through solidarity and sustained organizing. The film is also a journalistic investigation of the strategies employed by the mothers to bring their children’s attackers to justice and the political pathways that have opened up as a result of their organizing.
For our Children is a participant of the 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab.
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