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Sarah Childress
(she/her/hers)
Director of Strategy & Operations, Nashville PBS
Nashville, TN
United States
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Educator, arts advocate, and filmmaker dedicated to connecting independent creators with the audiences, resources, and infrastructure needed to sustain their careers — through programming, public television distribution, education, and advocacy.
About
Dr. Sarah Childress is the Director of Strategy & Operations at Nashville PBS, where she partners with independent producers to distribute their work to public-television audiences nationwide. In July, she joins the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville as Director of Programs, advocating for independent creators across film, music, and the arts. A filmmaker herself, Sarah produced Música Campesina, which screened at BAFICI, Mill Valley, and Lincoln Center's Latinbeat. She holds a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from Vanderbilt University and serves as vice chair of the Belcourt Theatre board.