Sarah Moshman

Sarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, TEDx speaker, and advocate for gender equality whose films have been featured on Netflix, Hulu, PBS, CNN, and Good Morning America. Her work has sparked conversations about female empowerment in schools, corporations, and organizations across the country and around the world.

Films That Inspire and Empower

Moshman’s first feature documentary, The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things, has been screened over 1,000 times nationwide and sponsored by major brands including Nordstrom, American Girl, and Microsoft. Her second feature, Losing Sight of Shore, follows four women who rowed across the Pacific Ocean and premiered on Netflix. She began her career directing short documentaries about female empowerment in young women before expanding to feature-length work that amplifies the stories of women breaking barriers.

Storytelling as a Catalyst for Change

Moshman is the author of The Empowerment Project book and has become a sought-after speaker on topics including women’s leadership, storytelling, overcoming obstacles, and using your voice to create change. Her keynotes combine clips from her award-winning films with personal stories and practical insights that inspire audiences to find their own courage, tell their own stories, and take action toward the change they want to see in their organizations and communities.

Being Bold and Naïve

Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois – Sarah takes us through how her love of filmmaking began and how the camera gave her a voice and a courage she hadn’t discovered yet. Sarah took her passions to film school, moved out to Los Angeles and landed her very first job on the hit ABC show Dancing with the Stars. And although the job had its perks – 20 million viewers, a slew of celebrity talent to work with – Sarah felt like something was missing in her career and in her life. She set out to pursue her dream of making documentary films that can uplift, inform and inspire.

Sarah recounts her experience of making her first film – The Empowerment Project – which shines a light on extraordinary women across the US, from a Pilot, to a mathematician, athlete, astronaut, four-star admiral, and many more. With humor and authenticity, Sarah shares the stories of these incredible women as well as shares clips from her films to truly immerse the audience in these stories.

Sarah then takes us through the once in-a lifetime journey of her second film Losing Sight of Shore which follows the unbelievable true story of four brave women who set out to row across the Pacific Ocean – from America to Australia, over 8,000 miles! She explains how much of a risk she took in the making of the film as well as the extreme dangers the crew faced on the voyage across the sea.

Ultimately Sarah’s wildest dream came true – she sold the film to Netflix worldwide and today the film can be seen in over 190 countries.

With a unique mix of an entrepreneurial spirit, a drive to change the way the world perceives women – Sarah entertains, enlightens and encourages the crowd to live their best lives.

Nevertheless We Persist

As a documentary filmmaker, Sarah’s work is intertwined with entrepreneurship, activism and storytelling. In this keynote, Sarah guides us through her initial impetus for taking on a project about sexual harassment in the wake of #MeToo and her journey to tell the stories behind the headlines in the form of her latest documentary NEVERTHELESS.

This keynote and this film are not about pointing the finger at any one person or company, it is about the ways in which all of us can be complicit to the behavior, but more importantly how we can all come together to shift our company culture and rebuild. Sarah’s mission is to share the intimate stories of the men and women who have experienced sexual harassment firsthand with the goal in mind of continuing the dialogue that has been ignited in the United States. Sarah sees that involving men in this conversation is paramount – and that nothing will truly change unless everyone is at the table to work towards a healthier work environment. The overall message and tone of the film is informative and uplifting. The keynote is impactful and empowering.

The entire film can be screened as part of your program, or Sarah can show a few clips from the film as well as the trailer and shape it in to an hour-long keynote.

This film is not available anywhere else at this time, so this is a very special opportunity for workplaces, organizations and conferences to be on the forefront of this conversation. Private link to view the film prior to booking can be made available.