The Filmmaking Team

Deborah Svoboda

Director, Cinematographer, Editor

Deb is an Emmy winning director, producer, cinematographer and editor. She specializes in telling stories of social justice issues, and elevating people who have been marginalized or misunderstood. She has a knack for finding unusual angles and perspectives that are often overlooked.

Deb has over 10 years of experience as a storyteller with a goal of using visual medium to heal our world by eliciting emotional responses from the viewer that lead to action. In addition to working on her own projects she has worked for dozens of socially conscious clients and news platforms by developing creative, high-quality content, from conception to final that gets their message out and increases audience engagement.

Her work is guided by her heart, value of community, empathy and service to others in order to grow a more just, inclusive and peaceful world.

One of the highlights of Deb’s life was spending time with Phyllis Lyon in all of her complexity. “I love her dearly. I was always struck by how much she still had to give to the world, to us, the care team, even while struggling with Alzheimer’s. She taught me some great lessons and is forever in my heart.”

Debra A. Wilson

Producer

Debra Wilson (she/her) is an award-winning director and producer. Her directorial debut “Butch Mystique” amassed several awards and aired on Showtime. Her second film “Jumpin’ the Broom” aired on Showtime as well.

As a creative producer, she has produced such films as the award-winning feature “Mississippi Damned” and two ITVS Futurestates shorts, “Crossover and Ant” and “The Lake Merritt Monster”, supported by San Francisco FilmHouse. Debra was a location manager for over 10 years. She worked on films like “Milk”, “Contagion”, “Blindspotting”, and Ryan Coogler’s breakout film “Fruitvale Station” where Debra won the California On Location Award for Best Location Team.

In 2020 Debra won the Stop Stigma award for her short documentary “The Lucky Ones” from Canberra Film Festival. In 2022, Debra produced the National Endowment of the Arts docuseries “Roots of American Culture,” honoring the recipients of the National Heritage Fellowship.

As the producer for Coach Emily, Debra participated in the 2022 Sundance Producers Lab Intensive and is producing the short documentary “Women Who Ride”, which has received support from Re-Present Media. Debra is an SF FilmHouse Residency alum and BAVC National MediaMaker Fellow. She earned her B.A. from Cal-State University Northridge in T.V./Film. 
 

Margie Adam

Co-Producer

Margie Adam, pianist, singer-songwriter and activist, has been a beacon of the Women’s Music movement, network and industry since her first performance in 1973 at Kate Millet’s Women’s Music Festival at Sacramento State University.

In creative partnerships with Boo Price, Donna Korones and Kerry Lobel, Margie co-produced nine recordings on Pleiades Records from 1976-2008.  Her songs have been recorded by Dusty Springfield, Peter, Paul & Mary, Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Holly Near and George Lam. Her song, “We Shall Go Forth!” is included in the Women’s Political History Division of the Smithsonian Institution.

Phyllis and Del became mentors and friends to Margie early on, as she witnessed them move in and out of mainstream political environments, effortlessly translating radical feminist ideas into engaging activism. “I wanted to be like them!”  Margie interviews Phyllis on NPR’s StoryCorp, here.