Debra Aroko

Debra Aroko is a Kenyan filmmaker and producer with a deep passion for telling stories that capture the nuanced realities of the various communities that exist within her continent. She is also the Co-director and Impact Producer of the feature-length documentary “Searching For Amani”. Her debut feature film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2024, and won the ‘Best New Directors’ award. Debra serves as the Africa Manager for the Video Consortium, and as the project manager and producer at the Solutions Storytelling Project Africa, overseeing the production of 19 short documentary films from across the African continent. A number of the films that she produced during the program have been acquired by major publications like AJ+ and Scientific American.