Sophia Kruz to speak at TEDxUofM Weds. February 8th at 6pm

​This week, I'll be speaking at the TEDxUofM event on the University of Michigan campus at the Power Center! The sold out event will feature 8 'Dreamers and Disrupters' giving talks in the TED tradition on ideas worth sharing.

I'll be speaking about my most recent documentary, Little Stones, and my experiences as a University of Michigan student which led me to see the power of using art and culture to empower women and girls globally. 


​​No tickets? No problem! Here's how to tune into the online live stream:

LINK: http://tedxuofm.com/livestream
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Event begins at 6pm, EST

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Pulp magazine's preview of TEDxUofM talk

Thank you also to the wonderful Anna Prushinskaya for putting together a preview of the talk for the Ann Arbor arts magazine Pulp. Here's a brief excerpt from our conversation:

Q: I know it is important to you that the team working on the film is women-led. Why?
A: It started as a practical necessity, actually. I knew in certain interviews, like with survivors of FGM in Senegal and sex-trafficking in India, it just wouldn’t be possible to have men in the room. The subject matter is taboo, so getting women to talk about their experiences on camera, I knew we would need all-female interpreters and also a woman cinematographer behind the camera. I wanted the women onscreen to feel comfortable sharing their stories and for our interviews to be a positive, maybe even cathartic experience. At the very least, I didn’t want to retraumatize the women and girls we filmed.
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You can read the full article on the Pulp website: ​http://pulp.aadl.org/node/354785