Join us for the free screening of The Empowerment Project and meet FilmHero's Guest of honor; Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sarah Moshman. The Empowerment Project is the incredible journey of a crew of female filmmakers driving across America to encourage, empower, and inspire the next generation of strong women to go after their career ambitions.Driving over 7,000 miles from Los Angeles to New York over the course of 30 days, the documentary spotlights 8 positive and powerful women leaders across a variety of lifestyles and industries.The film challenges the audience to ask themselves, "What would you do if you weren't afraid to fail?"The Empowerment Project has been screened over 700 times around the world, nominated for an EMMY award, and featured on Good Morning America, Forbes, Huffington Post, Marie Claire, and more.We will also be premiering Sarah's sizzle reel for her latest project NEVERTHELESS, a documentary that examines the sexual harassment crisis in the American workplace through interviews and personal stories that recount experiences and reveal truths about the intricacies of the issue as a whole, while also shining a light on tools and solutions for everyone to use inspired by this watershed moment in our country’s history. The documentary touches upon several topics surrounding harassment and assault in the workplace in order to point towards a brighter future. About the Filmmaker:
Sarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. After directing two short documentaries about female empowerment in young women, (Girls Rock! Chicago (2010) and Growing up Strong: Girls on the Run (2012)) she set out to direct her first feature doc The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things (2014) which has been screened over 700 times around the US and around the world in schools, groups, organizations and corporations starting conversations about gender equality. With IndieFlix as the distributor, the film has been sponsored by major brands like Nordstrom, American Girl and Microsoft to spread this message far and wide. Sarah's second feature doc, Losing Sight of Shore follows the incredible journey of four women who rowed across the Pacific Ocean. The film was released globally in 190 countries on Netflix in May 2017. Next up she's making a documentary examining sexual harassment in the workplace entitled NEVERTHELESS. Sarah is dedicated to telling stories that uplift, inform and inspire as well as showcase strong female role models on screen. @SarahMosh
Meet The Panelist:
Tash Jeffries is the Co-Founder of Hirekind.io, A Diversity & Inclusion Advocate, A mentor at 500 Startups and Runway Incubator and Digital and Social Media Strategist. @yourtash
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu is the founder and Principal Strategist of Embedded Consulting. She has over 15 years professional experience leading various initiatives within higher education and corporate sectors, focused primarily on diversity and professional development. In that time, she has successfully organized Tech Inclusion and The Better Man Conference, as well as managed engagement programs with clients such as Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, Asana and Oracle. @Sumayyah_EE
Meet the Moderator:
Kriz Bell, the quick list is writer and filmmaker, with a fondness for f-words like foodie, feminism and family. My background in media started with 16mm black and white student films in a land far away, fondly referred to as early 90’s SF / NYC / NOLA. From there I spent a stretch happily paying my dues as the right-hand to New York Times best-selling author Terry McMillan. Catapulted into Silicon Valley by way of dot-com boom 2.0, I’ve since been lending my skills as a storyteller to agencies and the brands that love them, like Google, Apple, Cisco as well as using my words to make workplaces more equitable for underrepresented folks. An avid traveler, blogger (It’s Wonderful Being A Girl) and single mama, I believe #RepresentationMatters. I have a TV show, Hens in the Hood, in development, and I don’t miss an opportunity to use my power for good. My priority remains working on projects that bring all women's stories to the forefront. Find me online as @krizbell.
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Sarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. After directing two short documentaries about female empowerment in young women, (Girls Rock! Chicago (2010) and Growing up Strong: Girls on the Run (2012)) she set out to direct her first feature doc The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things (2014) which has been screened over 700 times around the US and around the world in schools, groups, organizations and corporations starting conversations about gender equality. With IndieFlix as the distributor, the film has been sponsored by major brands like Nordstrom, American Girl and Microsoft to spread this message far and wide. Sarah's second feature doc, Losing Sight of Shore follows the incredible journey of four women who rowed across the Pacific Ocean. The film was released globally in 190 countries on Netflix in May 2017. Next up she's making a documentary examining sexual harassment in the workplace entitled NEVERTHELESS. Sarah is dedicated to telling stories that uplift, inform and inspire as well as showcase strong female role models on screen. @SarahMosh
Meet The Panelist:
Tash Jeffries is the Co-Founder of Hirekind.io, A Diversity & Inclusion Advocate, A mentor at 500 Startups and Runway Incubator and Digital and Social Media Strategist. @yourtash
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu is the founder and Principal Strategist of Embedded Consulting. She has over 15 years professional experience leading various initiatives within higher education and corporate sectors, focused primarily on diversity and professional development. In that time, she has successfully organized Tech Inclusion and The Better Man Conference, as well as managed engagement programs with clients such as Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, Asana and Oracle. @Sumayyah_EE
Meet the Moderator:
Kriz Bell, the quick list is writer and filmmaker, with a fondness for f-words like foodie, feminism and family. My background in media started with 16mm black and white student films in a land far away, fondly referred to as early 90’s SF / NYC / NOLA. From there I spent a stretch happily paying my dues as the right-hand to New York Times best-selling author Terry McMillan. Catapulted into Silicon Valley by way of dot-com boom 2.0, I’ve since been lending my skills as a storyteller to agencies and the brands that love them, like Google, Apple, Cisco as well as using my words to make workplaces more equitable for underrepresented folks. An avid traveler, blogger (It’s Wonderful Being A Girl) and single mama, I believe #RepresentationMatters. I have a TV show, Hens in the Hood, in development, and I don’t miss an opportunity to use my power for good. My priority remains working on projects that bring all women's stories to the forefront. Find me online as @krizbell.
Join us for the free screening of The Empowerment Project and meet FilmHero's Guest of honor; Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sarah Moshman. The Empowerment Project is the incredible journey of a crew of female filmmakers driving across America to encourage, empower, and inspire the next generation of strong women to go after their career ambitions.Driving over 7,000 miles from Los Angeles to New York over the course of 30 days, the documentary spotlights 8 positive and powerful women leaders across a variety of lifestyles and industries.The film challenges the audience to ask themselves, "What would you do if you weren't afraid to fail?"The Empowerment Project has been screened over 700 times around the world, nominated for an EMMY award, and featured on Good Morning America, Forbes, Huffington Post, Marie Claire, and more.We will also be premiering Sarah's sizzle reel for her latest project NEVERTHELESS, a documentary that examines the sexual harassment crisis in the American workplace through interviews and personal stories that recount experiences and reveal truths about the intricacies of the issue as a whole, while also shining a light on tools and solutions for everyone to use inspired by this watershed moment in our country’s history. The documentary touches upon several topics surrounding harassment and assault in the workplace in order to point towards a brighter future. About the Filmmaker:
Sarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. After directing two short documentaries about female empowerment in young women, (Girls Rock! Chicago (2010) and Growing up Strong: Girls on the Run (2012)) she set out to direct her first feature doc The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things (2014) which has been screened over 700 times around the US and around the world in schools, groups, organizations and corporations starting conversations about gender equality. With IndieFlix as the distributor, the film has been sponsored by major brands like Nordstrom, American Girl and Microsoft to spread this message far and wide. Sarah's second feature doc, Losing Sight of Shore follows the incredible journey of four women who rowed across the Pacific Ocean. The film was released globally in 190 countries on Netflix in May 2017. Next up she's making a documentary examining sexual harassment in the workplace entitled NEVERTHELESS. Sarah is dedicated to telling stories that uplift, inform and inspire as well as showcase strong female role models on screen. @SarahMosh
Meet The Panelist:
Tash Jeffries is the Co-Founder of Hirekind.io, A Diversity & Inclusion Advocate, A mentor at 500 Startups and Runway Incubator and Digital and Social Media Strategist. @yourtash
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu is the founder and Principal Strategist of Embedded Consulting. She has over 15 years professional experience leading various initiatives within higher education and corporate sectors, focused primarily on diversity and professional development. In that time, she has successfully organized Tech Inclusion and The Better Man Conference, as well as managed engagement programs with clients such as Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, Asana and Oracle. @Sumayyah_EE
Meet the Moderator:
Kriz Bell, the quick list is writer and filmmaker, with a fondness for f-words like foodie, feminism and family. My background in media started with 16mm black and white student films in a land far away, fondly referred to as early 90’s SF / NYC / NOLA. From there I spent a stretch happily paying my dues as the right-hand to New York Times best-selling author Terry McMillan. Catapulted into Silicon Valley by way of dot-com boom 2.0, I’ve since been lending my skills as a storyteller to agencies and the brands that love them, like Google, Apple, Cisco as well as using my words to make workplaces more equitable for underrepresented folks. An avid traveler, blogger (It’s Wonderful Being A Girl) and single mama, I believe #RepresentationMatters. I have a TV show, Hens in the Hood, in development, and I don’t miss an opportunity to use my power for good. My priority remains working on projects that bring all women's stories to the forefront. Find me online as @krizbell.
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Sarah Moshman is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. After directing two short documentaries about female empowerment in young women, (Girls Rock! Chicago (2010) and Growing up Strong: Girls on the Run (2012)) she set out to direct her first feature doc The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things (2014) which has been screened over 700 times around the US and around the world in schools, groups, organizations and corporations starting conversations about gender equality. With IndieFlix as the distributor, the film has been sponsored by major brands like Nordstrom, American Girl and Microsoft to spread this message far and wide. Sarah's second feature doc, Losing Sight of Shore follows the incredible journey of four women who rowed across the Pacific Ocean. The film was released globally in 190 countries on Netflix in May 2017. Next up she's making a documentary examining sexual harassment in the workplace entitled NEVERTHELESS. Sarah is dedicated to telling stories that uplift, inform and inspire as well as showcase strong female role models on screen. @SarahMosh
Meet The Panelist:
Tash Jeffries is the Co-Founder of Hirekind.io, A Diversity & Inclusion Advocate, A mentor at 500 Startups and Runway Incubator and Digital and Social Media Strategist. @yourtash
Sumayyah Emeh-Edu is the founder and Principal Strategist of Embedded Consulting. She has over 15 years professional experience leading various initiatives within higher education and corporate sectors, focused primarily on diversity and professional development. In that time, she has successfully organized Tech Inclusion and The Better Man Conference, as well as managed engagement programs with clients such as Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, Asana and Oracle. @Sumayyah_EE
Meet the Moderator:
Kriz Bell, the quick list is writer and filmmaker, with a fondness for f-words like foodie, feminism and family. My background in media started with 16mm black and white student films in a land far away, fondly referred to as early 90’s SF / NYC / NOLA. From there I spent a stretch happily paying my dues as the right-hand to New York Times best-selling author Terry McMillan. Catapulted into Silicon Valley by way of dot-com boom 2.0, I’ve since been lending my skills as a storyteller to agencies and the brands that love them, like Google, Apple, Cisco as well as using my words to make workplaces more equitable for underrepresented folks. An avid traveler, blogger (It’s Wonderful Being A Girl) and single mama, I believe #RepresentationMatters. I have a TV show, Hens in the Hood, in development, and I don’t miss an opportunity to use my power for good. My priority remains working on projects that bring all women's stories to the forefront. Find me online as @krizbell.
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