Sahar Driver

Film + Strategy + Campaign Design + Social Change

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.

ABOUT ME

I am an impact and engagement strategist, researcher, and educator. I believe deeply in the power of story to support social and environmental justice. I also believe that power can be even greater when harnessed in creative and strategic ways and with careful and deliberate planning. This is why I do what I do.

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My background is in post-colonial anthropology, which turns the anthropological gaze back onto the colonizers to understand how power and privilege shapes meaning-making today so the research we produce together can be emancipatory.