Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Sophia Kruz asks why the women’s movement hasn't moved yet from raising awareness to achieving real and lasting social change. Citing examples from her film, “Little Stones,” including a dance therapist, graffiti artist, rapper and fashion designer, Kruz shows how we can accelerate down the road to gender equality by using a resource we’ve had with us all along.

Sophia Kruz is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker with a passion for nonfiction storytelling.

Kruz was selected as the 2015-2016 VSA fellow by the University of Michigan CEW, where she directed “Little Stones”, an independent documentary on the role of art in creating positive global change. She is also the co-founder of Driftseed, a non-profit organization that seeks to empower women and girls through documentary storytelling.

Kruz’s work has been screened at film festivals, museums, libraries, community centers, and health-care facilities around the world. Most recently, she produced “Ride the Tiger” (2016), an hour-long PBS documentary on neuroscience and bipolar disorder.

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