Sahar Driver

Film + Strategy + Campaign Design + Social Change

USA

Social movements need powerful stories. But if that is all it took to solve social problems, we wouldn’t have any. Strong and compelling stories that grapple with timely and important issues can benefit from careful planning to ensure the message reaches the right audiences, in the right ways, at the right times.

As a documentary impact strategist, I have helped filmmakers, funders, and movement leaders build strategic partnerships and plans that strengthen their respective projects and contribute to lasting change. I have also conducted research and designed programming to strengthen the field of documentary impact.

My latest work focuses on supporting, resourcing, and connecting people of color led and serving organizations working in nonfiction. You can learn more here: colorcongress.org. Unfortunately that means I am not currently taking on any new clients.

AWARDS & CREDITS

HONORS / RECOGNITION

  • In 2021 selected as a Doc NYC Documentary New Leader. This year’s cohort includes people whose efforts and fresh thinking on distribution, sales, festivals, and marketing bring greater inclusion and equity to the field.

  • I was honored to be a 2021 Rockwood JustFilms Fellow, which brings leaders working at the intersection of storytelling, film, and social change to learn powerful skills that will shift their capacity for leadership and collaboration.

  • Who is Dayani Cristal? by Marc Silver is a 2015 Media Impact Festival selection. I worked with a team at Active Voice to develop the U.S. and border strategy for the impact campaign. Learn more about the work here.

  • American Promise by Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster wins the Britdoc Impact Award, see here. I worked with a team at Active Voice to develop the strategy for the impact campaign.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

 

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