Mayara Teixeira
Directing
Biography
Mayara Teixeira is a Brazilian journalist and filmmaker. She has worked for Rede Globo, the largest media company in Latin America, for eight years, covering in-depth stories on topics often overlooked by the media, with focus on human rights violations. She graduated from Columbia University in the Documentary Specialization program in August 2023. She is also a 2023 Reporting Fellow at the Pulitzer Center.
Known For
Jorge and Jeczebel left their four children behind in Venezuela, for what they hoped would be a better life in America. They didn’t expect a bus would bring them from Texas to New York. They also didn’t expect to encounter a city overwhelmed by one of the largest humanitarian crises in its history. The film explores the migrant experience from a deeply personal perspective as they struggle to live in the US and to support their children back home.
After Landing
Four young people face the Terceirão (High School Diploma) between decisive exams and personal dilemmas. A moving portrait of youth in diverse realities of the Brazilian educational landscape.
Terceirão - Um Ano, Quatro Vidas
A documentary about homo-affective union, made by journalism students from ECA USP, available on the internet. The theme proposes a debate of the conquest of the LGBT+ community in the court of justice: everyone is equal before the law and, therefore, has the same rights.