E257: Sara Hirsh Bordo - Keep Saying YES

Sara is a 15x award-winning filmmaker and Founder/CEO of
empowerment production company Women Rising, named "One of the
Most Innovative, Interesting, and Purpose-Driven Women Led
Startups to Watch” by Inc Magazine. 

Sara’s directorial debut, A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ
STORY premiered and won the 2015 Audience Award at SXSW and
awards at all 11 festivals it played, received two WEBBY Awards,
and secured global distribution playing in over 35 countries via
National Geographic, LifetimeTV, and Amazon Prime.

In 2017, Sara’s second film, PROTECT HER, aimed at protecting
girls on campus by activating the power of the locker room,
premiered at Carmel Film Fest and acquired by Amazon Prime. In
2018, Sara EP'd the animated short TIGHTLY WOUND, was acquired by
Condé Nast, and Sara is currently an Executive Producer on the
2022 winning documentary feature SIGN THE SHOW and ConnectHER
International Film Festival.

In January 2017, Sara directed and produced the rally of The
Women’s March of Texas, which became the largest gathering of
women in Texas history, followed by the Official Women in
Football Event at Super Bowl LIII. In 2018 she EP'd March for Our
Lives NYC, and directed The United State of Women Summit at the
Shrine in Los Angeles, keynoted by Michelle Obama.

Sara's client storytelling work includes national and global work
for partners like Toyota, Saatchi & Saatchi, ESPN Women,
Hiring Our Heroes, Farmhouse Fresh, and Tri Delta, as well as
marketing consulting for Sony Pictures and Warner Bros.' WONDER
WOMAN franchise.

Sara is a member of the Producers Guild, a 4x Juror for Best
Documentary, and on the Women's Leadership Committee for the
Global Wellness Institute. A former delegate to the UN and the
Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, and 2x nominee for
Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur. She has spoken at
Apple, Google, and SXSW, and has been featured in Entrepreneur,
Forbes, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post, and
The New York Times.

Sara previously held positions in media/entertainment including
Executive Director of Interactive Marketing at Paramount
Pictures, VP of Digital Marketing at MGM Studios, and CEO and
Co-Founder of NowLive which was acquired by Live Media Group in
2013. 
 


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