Social Change Through Creativity | Cynthia Lowen | TEDxTheBenjaminSchool

Ms. Lowen talks about how art and filmmaking in particular can create change in society. She specifically talks about her documentary, BULLY, and the grassroots effort that led to countless anti-bullying campaigns across the country.
Ms. Lowen is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer. She is the director of NETIZENS, a feature documentary about women and online harassment, currently in production.
She is also the producer and writer of BULLY, a feature documentary film following five kids and families through “a year in the life” of America’s bullying crisis. BULLY was awarded a prestigious Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award for excellence in journalism, as well as the 2013 Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America. Drawing on BULLY’s success, the filmmakers created The BULLY Project Social Action Campaign, a collaborative effort in partnership with multiple organizations, foundations, brands and corporate sponsors, sharing a commitment to ending bullying and transforming society.
In April of 2012, Bully was screened at the White House and the film and the campaign have garnered support from such prominent voices as Anderson Cooper, Ellen DeGeneres, Kelly Ripa, Meryl Streep, Katie Couric, Justin Bieber, and many others. If that weren’t enough, our speaker is also an award-winning poet and winner of the 2012 National Poetry Series for her collection The Cloud That Contained the Lightning. It is my pleasure to introduce to you Ms. Cynthia Lowen.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx