Nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Picture Editing and Outstanding Directing, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields is a galvanizing look at actor, model and icon Brooke Shields as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power. Holding a mirror up to a society that objectifies women and girls, her story shows the perils and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.

A Hulu/ABC News Production

Producers: Christine O’Malley, Jack Turner

Director: Lana Wilson

Editors: Sara Newens + Anne Yao

Supervising Editor: David Teague

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Racist Trees is a documentary feature that chronicles a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs fighting for the removal of a wall of trees that many believe were originally planted as a totem of segregation.

A co-production with Wayfarer Studios in association with Get Lifted, the film had its World Premiere at the 2022 International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) and was acquired by PBS’s Independent Lens series for television broadcast in 2024.

Executive Producers: John Legend + Mike Jackson + Ty Stiklorius for Get Lifted

Executive Producers: Steve Sarowitz + Endyia Kinney-Sterns for Wayfarer Studios

Co-Executive Producer: Courtney Parker

Producers: Justin Baldoni + Andrew Calof for Wayfarer Studios

Producers: Joanna Sokolowski + Sara Newens + Mina T. Son for Wild Pair Films

Directors: Sara Newens + Mina T. Son

Director of Photography: Jerry Henry

Editor: Sara Newens

Original Music: William Ryan Fritch

PRESS:

Variety Spotlight

Modern Times Review

Business Doc Europe

High On Films

Backseat Mafia

Variety Exclusive

An Official Selection of the 2020 SXSW Episodic Pilot Competition and winner of Best Unscripted Series and Best Director jury awards at SeriesFest 6, Racist Trees was originally created as short form series until joining forces with Wayfarer Studios in 2021 to develop the story into a documentary feature.

Directors: Sara Newens + Mina T. Son

Producer: Joanna Sokolowski

Nominated for 7 Emmys including Outstanding Picture Editing, the four-part HBO documentary series Allen v. Farrow goes behind the years of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood's most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial; the revelation of Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed.

A Jane Doe Films Production

Director/Producers: Kirby Dick + Amy Ziering

Editors: Sara Newens + Mikaela Shwer + Parker Laramie

On The Record presents the powerful and haunting story of music executive Drew Dixon as she grapples with her decision to become one of the first women of color, in the wake of #MeToo, to come forward and publicly name hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons of sexual assault.

A Jane Doe Films Production

Director/Producers: Kirby Dick + Amy Ziering

Editor/Writer: Sara Newens

Set against the backdrop of one of the most under-appreciated sports in America, three teenagers battle their way through the world of competitive ping pong. While facing the unusual challenges coming of age in a niche sport, their journey reveals the passion it takes to pursue their Olympic-sized dreams.

A Wild Pair Films Production

Executive Producers: Jonathan Bricklin, Franck Raharinosy, Paul Herzan

Directors: Sara Newens + Mina T. Son

Producer: Mina T. Son

Editor: Sara Newens

AWARDS:

Audience Award, CAAMFest

Audience Award, Austin Asian American Film Festival

Best Editing, LA Asian Pacific Film Festival

PRESS:

L.A. Times

Wall Street Journal

Village Voice

Variety

A 2020 SXSW Official Selection, Freeland is a fictional portrait of an aging pot farmer who finds her world shattered as she races to bring in what could be her final harvest.

A Big Tangent Production

Directors: Kate McLean + Mario Furloni

Producer: Laura Heberton

Editors: Chris Donlon + Sara Newens

AWARDS:

Best Editing, RiverRun Film Festival
Best Acting, RiverRun Film Festival

An upcoming feature-length documentary, Rikuzentakata examines the recovery of a small seaside Japanese town devastated by the 2011 tsunami. Spanning ten years, the film offers an intimate portrait of how a town rebuilds literally from the ground up but also how its residents overcome grief and learn to move on.

A Wild Pair Films Production

Director: Mina T. Son

Producer: Yen Le

Editor: Sara Newens

Footprint: Where The Towers Stood is a meditative, experiential look at how visitors interact and engage with the World Trade Center Memorial.

A Wild Pair Films Production

Executive Producer: Kathleen Lingo

Director/Producer/Editor: Sara Newens

Producer: Laura Heberton

Co-Producers: Mario Furloni + Mina T. Son

AWARDS:

IDA Awards Shortlist
Best Historical Doc, Dallas Int’l Film Festival
Audience Award, RSC Shorts Film Festival

Docuseries following the police department in Flint, Michigan as they struggle with dwindling resources and crumbling infrastructure in a community crippled by violence and a contaminated water crisis.

A Netflix Original Series

Executive Producers: David Pritikin, P.G. Morgan

Directors: Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper, Jessica Dimmock

Editor, Episode 5: Sara Newens

Selected to World Premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival, Gut Hack follows a bio-hacker who seeks to cure himself by swapping his microbiome with a donor's, a controversial and dangerous technique.

A Big Tangent Production

Presented By The New York Times Op Docs

Executive Producer: Kathleen Lingo

Directors: Mario Furloni + Kate McLean

Producer: Laura Heberton

Editor/Writer: Sara Newens

Richard and Kim are helping save historical Los Angeles one crime scene at a time.

Director: Nicholas Coles

Editor/Co-Producer: Sara Newens

AWARDS:

Best Documentary Short, Sidewalk Film Festival

A short branded documentary for Dropbox highlighting the work of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Resettled documents Abdullah Hussein’s story working for the United States Army in his home country of Iraq. But his service put a target on him and his family--living in Iraq was no longer an option. He needed a team of experienced lawyers to get his family resettled to a safer country.

A Wild Pair Films Production

Directors: Sara Newens + Mina T. Son

Producer: Mina T. Son

Editor: Sara Newens

A short branded documentary for Facebook, about the unlikely connection between two towns on two different continents after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

A Wild Pair Films Production

Directors: Sara Newens + Mina T. Son

Producer: Mina T. Son

Editor: Sara Newens

In 2005, Tanya Vlach loses an eye in a horrific car accident. As an artist and photographer, she approaches the loss as an opportunity to explore the possibility of turning her prosthetic eye into an intraocular camera. Her exciting journey into the field of wearable tech changes her life, forever altering her perspective.

Director/Producer: Brittney Shepherd

Editor: Sara Newens

2018 PyeongChang Olympics

2016 Rio Olympics

Producer: Katie Walsh

Editor: Sara Newens

AWARDS:

2016 Emmy - Outstanding Sports Coverage

Making Noise in Silence is a short documentary about two teenagers navigating the complexities of adolescence and adulthood within the duality of Deaf and Korean cultures.

Director: Mina T. Son

AWARDS:

Best Short Documentary, San Diego Asian Film Festival 2011
Loni Ding Award in Social Issue Documentary, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2012

Tanglewood follows a resilient young woman learning how the emotional intelligence of horses can facilitate healing as she wrestles with a grim prognosis.

Director: Sara Newens

AWARDS:

Princess Grace Foundation Award, 2010
Silver Award Winner, Student Film Competition, California Film Awards, 2011
Semi-Finalist, Angelus Student Film Awards, 2011
Best Documentary Short, Prescott Film Festival, 2012