4 Kinds of Video Wisdom:

1. We will work together weekly to develop your idea for a documentary into a final product.
2. You will be guided on how to secure funding for your documentary.
3. You will be connected with programmers and broadcasters who may be interested in acquiring your film.
4. You will learn how to get your film in front of your target audiences.

My process:

I will coach you throughout your entire story development, production, and post-production process! We will meet on a weekly basis to ensure results are attained!

What to Expect at the First Meeting?

Please arrive at the first meeting with an idea for a documentary, or a documentary that you’re already working on. My job is to help you develop your idea so be sure to arrive at the first meeting with a list of questions and thoughts in hand, so we can be sure to maximize our time together!!

Professor Sally Rubin is a full-time Documentary Film Professor at Chapman University who has worked in the field for over 25 years. After earning her M.A. in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University, Rubin fell deeply in love with the field of documentary film.

She recently completed Mama Has a Mustache, a fully animated documentary about kids and gender identity. The film premiered at Outfest in 2021. Rubin is also working on a commissioned piece for the Smithsonian called Appalachian Futures, scheduled for release in late 2021.

In 2018 she completed Hillbilly, a feature documentary about media stereotypes of Appalachia. The film was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival and has been praised by Michael Moore and Dolly Parton.

In 2014 Rubin completed Life on the Line (with Jen Gilomen) about a teenage girl growing up on the U.S./Mexico border. The film broadcast nationally on PBS and premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Rubin's previous film, Deep Down was an ITVS-funded feature-length documentary about two friends in eastern Kentucky who find themselves divided over mountaintop removal coal mining near their homes. The film was part of the 2010-2011 Independent Lens Emmy-winning PBS series, and has reached almost 1.5 million people through its broadcast, distribution, and outreach campaign. It was nominated for an Emmy for its Virtual Mine outreach project, in the category of New Approaches to News and Documentary. It was funded by Chicken and Egg Pictures, the MacArthur Foundation, ITVS, and the Fledgling Fund.

Rubin's other credits include The Last Mountain, a film that was broadcast on PBS, Robert Greenwald's Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers and the television series The Freedom Files (editor), as well as David Sutherland's 6-hour Frontline special Country Boys (associate producer), and Riverwebs (editor), which broadcast nationally on PBS. In 2004 Rubin founded the groundbreaking Straight Outta Grrrlville Film Festival in San Francisco, and continues to produce local events and benefits for artists and filmmakers, in conjunction with her own continued work.

Other professional memberships and affiliations include: Doculink Steering Committee: Member; Doculink Planning Committee: Member; Tenth Muse Films: President of the Board; International Documentary Association: Member; International Documentary Association David Wolper Award: Member, Screening and Judging Committees; International Documentary Association Awards: Feature Documentary Judge; New Day Films Cooperative: Member/Owner.

See My Work @: www.sallyrubinfilms.com