NIKKI BRAKE-SILLÁ (writer/director) is a filmmaker whose art counters and confronts pre-conceived notions about voiceless populations. She conceptualizes work that opens the viewer s mind to new ways of thinking about these societies, and the persisting stereotypes that mainstream media portrays. Nikki s credits include Run Granny Run (director, Marlo Poras; HBO Films), UNFever (director, Andrea Weiss), Fast Times at West Philly High (director, Debbie Morton; Frontline), for which she was the Associate Producer.