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BIO

SADIE SCOTT

I am a documentary storyteller based in Southern California with a lens toward social and environmental issues. Using a multimedia approach, I share stories that insist on being heard.

Art, advocacy, and community-building are at the center of my practice. Working with a multimedia approach has been foundational to my work because it brings the broadest audience into the conversation. Leveraging tools from traditional forms such as film and photography as well as emerging forms like podcasting and social media, I strive to tell stories about real people and build a media landscape that more accurately reflects who we are. Our language shapes our world, so I believe it is critical in the storytelling process to collaborate and remain rooted in the community.

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Most recently, I served as the Media and Event Coordinator for the William James Association (WJA), an arts nonprofit primarily serving those currently and formerly incarcerated. My role included producing WJA's Poetic Justice Film Festival, a screening and speaker series that highlighted the power of the arts to heal, transform, and rectify the harms of the carceral system; producing WJA's 50th Anniversary Event; and shooting documentary content with program alumni.​ I also worked as the Production Assistant for Traceroute, an Apple Top 25 Technology Podcast, researching the people and stories that bring meaning to our digital world.

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I am currently in the last year of my studies at Pitzer College and am on track to graduate with a double major in Psychology and Media Studies. This year, I am working on Honors Thesis Research in Psychology to assess the impact of virtual reality documentaries about incarceration on empathy. For my Media Studies thesis, I will be filming a documentary about the meaningful relationships that have emerged from Pitzer College's Inside-Out Program.

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In addition to this work, I reserve time for independent and freelance projects that are aligned with my core values. A few of these projects include: Feeding the Empire, a public information campaign about the impact of the logistics industry on hunger in the Inland Empire using digital mapping, photographs, and a long-form essay; A Portrait of Home, a documentary film about two artists resisting the displacement caused by climate change in order to save their communities; and HERE NOW/IF THEN, a photobook about the uncertain future of the Inland Empire in the face of hyper-industrialization.

 

Pitzer College - May 2025  (Expected)

B.A. Media Studies; B.A. Psychology

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