The Art of Film Funding

From Idea to Impact: Sarah Moshman on Funding, Filming, and Releasing Your Documentary

Sarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Netflix, PBS, Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. 

Sarah has directed and produced 3 feature-length documentaries: The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things (2014), Losing Sight of Shore (2017) and NEVERTHELESS (2020)

Sarah is an inspiring public speaker, author, and a teacher in documentary film, passionate about empowering the next generation of storytellers. In 2024 Sarah launched her own program to support women filmmakers over 30 called Look What SHE's Doing! which she intends to continue as part of her legacy for years. Her book Empowered Filmmaking is highly regarded as an excellent textbook.

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