Award winning filmmaker Ky Dickens is best known for her acclaimed documentaries that shift public policy and culture. She’s a storyteller at the intersection of film and complex social issues - having received the Focus Award for Achievement in Directing and the Change Maker Award for influencing social change through art and film. Her 2019 film, THE CITY THAT SOLD AMERICA is about Chicago’s crucial, yet often-overlooked, place in American consumer culture. Her 2018 film ZERO WEEKS, about America’s paid leave crisis, premiered the trailer at the White House Summit on the United State of Women, hosted by Michelle Obama. ZERO WEEKS is being used by state legislatures, businesses and hospitals nationwide to move the needle towards a national paid leave policy. Ky’s 2016 documentary hit SOLE SURVIVOR (CNN FILMS), profiled four survivors of otherwise fatal plane crashes. Her first first film, FISH OUT OF WATER uses humor & animation to deconstruct the Bible's stance on sexuality.