OUR MISSION

​Our mission is to inspire social change and activism through visual storytelling and documentary films. ​

DANA & SARAH FILMS

Dana & Sarah Films is an award winning women-owned film production company based in Los Angeles, CA. Dana Richardson and Sarah Zentz have professional careers that span over a decade with a focus on visual storytelling. Their collaborative work has exhibited at prestigious museums including the Museum of Arts and Design, New York and are part of the permanent film collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Broadcast and distribution partners worldwide include The History Channel, PBS, FNX, CNL, Amazing Discoveries, and several Video on Demand channels including Apple TV, Roku, Hoopla, Tubi, Vimeo, and Amazon Prime Video. Their films are educational and have been selected for university library collections including Harvard University, University of California San Francisco, University of Arizona and several educational film catalogs including Artfilms, British Universities Film & Media, and First Nations Films. 

Dana Richardson 
Producer & Director, Owner of Dana & Sarah Films

Dana Richardson is an award-winning Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor revered for her documentary films. Dana received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. Additionally, she studied internationally at the Prague Art Institute and the University of Barcelona. Her documentary feature, Goshen (2015), is currently airing nationally on PBS. Her first documentary feature, Back to Eden (2011),  is currently airing on CNL and Amazing Discoveries. Her documentary short, Radical Jewelry Makeover (2009), premiered at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC. Her films have received esteemed reviews from the School Library Journal and Library Journal Reviews. She is a Puffin Foundation Grant recipient and member of the International Documentary Association. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Sarah Zentz
​Producer & Director, Owner of Dana & Sarah Films

Sarah Zentz is an award-winning Director and Producer and she is co-owner of Dana & Sarah Films. Sarah received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in New Media from Millersville University in Pennsylvania in 2008. Her documentary feature, Goshen (2015), is currently airing nationally on PBS. Her first documentary feature, Back to Eden (2011),  is currently airing on CNL and Amazing Discoveries. Her documentary short, Radical Jewelry Makeover (2009), premiered at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC. Her films have received esteemed reviews from the School Library Journal and Library Journal Reviews. She is a Puffin Foundation Grant recipient and member of the International Documentary Association.  Sarah currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.