Championing female heroes for social and personal impact.
At Women Rising, we are passionate about telling stories about women, told by women and created for impact.
With award-winning storytelling work for clients including Toyota, ESPNW, Sony, Marvel, Warner Bros. and the Wonder Woman franchise, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Farmhouse Fresh Goods, TriDelta Sorority, Hiring Our Heroes, Conde Nast, ConnectHer International Film Festival and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Women Rising represents a new kind of purpose-based, female-founded production company.
A BRAVE HEART:
The Lizzie Velasquez Story
Our flagship feature production A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2015 and won awards at all 10 festivals it played. Distributed by LifeTimeTV in the United States and the National Geographic Channel worldwide, the documentary qualified for an Academy Award, was included in the U.S. Department of State’s American Film Showcase, and became a double honoree by the Webby Awards.
Women Rising’s follow-up venture, Shelby Hadden’s Tightly Wound, bravely explored chronic pelvic pain, which was acquired by Conde Nast in 2016. Our third original production, a first-of-its-kind documentary ProtectHer, featured author and activist Alexis Jones and delved into efforts to prevent sexual assault on campuses by male athletes. The film was acquired by Amazon Prime in 2018.
