SARA ARCHAMBAULT

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Program Director, Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative

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Sara Archambault is the Program Director for the Shorenstein Center’s Documentary Film in the Public Interest research initiative. Sara is an experienced documentary film producer and programmer, whose recent producing credits include the Indie Spirits-nominated film RIOTSVILLE, USA (Sundance, Magnolia Pictures); TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES (Rotterdam, Sentient Art Films), A DECENT HOME (Denver Film Festival, America Reframed), and RICHLAND (Tribeca, Cinema Guild). She also has an extensive professional history in programming and foundation work, including 10 years as Program Director at the LEF Foundation, and 9 years as Founder/Programmer of the Brattle’s The DocYard film series. Sara’s award-winning films have screened in festivals around the world and received support from Sundance Film Institute, SFFILM, Catapult Film Fund, IDA, Hot Docs Pitch Forum, and Film Independent among others. Sara was a 2020 Impact Partners Producing Fellow, a 2013 Sundance Creative Producers Lab Fellow, and is a 2024 JustFilms/Rockwood Fellow. She is a member of the Documentary Producers Alliance and a Board member of The Flaherty. 

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The Henry Awards for Public Interest Documentary are a program of the Shorenstein Center’s Documentary in the Public Interest program—part of the Harvard Kennedy School research center, which is dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics, and public policy in theory and practice.