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Sarah Fretwell is a visual storyteller whose award-winning work explores the lives of everyday people with extraordinary stories. Her storytelling fosters the human connection necessary for understanding, international engagement, and practical solutions to drive change. Clients, publications, and exhibits include The World Bank Group, United Nations, USAID, USAID Indonesia, Tara Expeditions Foundation, BioCarbon Fund, SXSW Interactive, TEDx, The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, Human Rights Watch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Social Documentary Network (SDN), Blue Earth Alliance, and Photoville. Sarah is a graduate of VII Masterclass, Arles 2022 - 2023. She is a current documentary storyteller with The Center: Visual Storytelling and Documentary Photography Projects.…Sarah Fretwell is a visual storyteller whose award-winning work explores the lives of everyday people with extraordinary stories. Her storytelling fosters the human connection necessary for understanding, international engagement, and practical solutions to drive change. Clients, publications, and exhibits include The World Bank Group, United Nations, USAID, USAID Indonesia, Tara Expeditions Foundation, BioCarbon Fund, SXSW Interactive, TEDx, The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, Human Rights Watch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Social Documentary Network (SDN), Blue Earth Alliance, and Photoville. Sarah is a graduate of VII Masterclass, Arles 2022 - 2023. She is a current documentary storyteller with The Center: Visual Storytelling and Documentary Photography Projects.

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Sarah Fretwell is a visual storyteller whose award-winning work explores the lives of everyday people with extraordinary stories. Her storytelling fosters the human connection necessary for understanding, international engagement, and practical solutions to drive change. Clients, publications, and exhibits include The World Bank Group, United Nations, USAID, USAID Indonesia, Tara Expeditions Foundation, BioCarbon Fund, SXSW Interactive, TEDx, The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, Human Rights Watch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Social Documentary Network (SDN), Blue Earth Alliance, and Photoville. Sarah is a graduate of VII Masterclass, Arles 2022 - 2023. She is a current documentary storyteller with The Center: Visual Storytelling and Documentary Photography Projects.…Sarah Fretwell is a visual storyteller whose award-winning work explores the lives of everyday people with extraordinary stories. Her storytelling fosters the human connection necessary for understanding, international engagement, and practical solutions to drive change. Clients, publications, and exhibits include The World Bank Group, United Nations, USAID, USAID Indonesia, Tara Expeditions Foundation, BioCarbon Fund, SXSW Interactive, TEDx, The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, Human Rights Watch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Social Documentary Network (SDN), Blue Earth Alliance, and Photoville. Sarah is a graduate of VII Masterclass, Arles 2022 - 2023. She is a current documentary storyteller with The Center: Visual Storytelling and Documentary Photography Projects.

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Sarah Fretwell is a visual storyteller whose award-winning work explores the lives of everyday people with extraordinary stories. Her storytelling fosters the human connection necessary for understanding, international engagement, and practical solutions to drive change.

Clients, publications, and exhibits include The World Bank Group, United Nations, USAID, USAID Indonesia, Tara Expeditions Foundation, BioCarbon Fund, SXSW Interactive, TEDx, The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, Human Rights Watch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Social Documentary Network (SDN), Blue Earth Alliance, and Photoville.

Sarah is a graduate of VII Masterclass, Arles 2022 - 2023. She is a current documentary storyteller with The Center: Visual Storytelling and Documentary Photography Projects.

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Expert

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English

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Work Experience

Producer/Director/Videographer/Field Producer at African Women Rising

April 1, 2023 - Present

Multi-year project documenting the lives of refugee farmers in Palabek refugee camp in Northern Uganda during the development of Lok Neno, the first regenerative farm, research, and training center inside a refugee camp.

Director/Videographer/Photographer/Writer/Editor at ZEKE Magazine

January 1, 2022 - Present

Created Interactive Article - Carbon Cartels & Corruption. This interactive story follows the life story and murder of Forest Guardian and Indigenous activist Quinto Inuma in the Amazon of Peru. This story is a broader perspective on Sarah’s award winning photo story “Guardian of the Forest” produced as a part of VII Masterclass in 2022.

Director/Videographer/Photographer/Editor at BioCarbon Fund / World Bank Group

January 1, 2019 - Present

Part of a four-person communications team for the 10-day BioCarbon Fund/World Bank Zambia 2019 Mission to visit test program sites. Site visits included meetings with government partner organizations, small businesses, anti-poaching units, subsistence farmers, and community organizations.