What We Do
At Sown, we believe in the transformative power of storytelling to drive social change.
Through free film production to non-profits and the collaboration of top-tier filmmakers, we empower voices that inspire action and foster empathy worldwide.
Join us in amplifying impactful stories, raising funds, and creating a ripple effect of change.
This is our manifesto: storytelling for a better world.
We’ve built
the worlds largest social good
Storytelling Collective
Since its inception, over 400 filmmakers from across the world have applied to be sent on assignment.
The Sown Storytelling Framework
We took the storytelling framework we’ve created and distilled it into a single, tangible artifact: a letterpressed 18x24 print designed to live on your wall as a quiet guide and daily reminder.
This piece is for filmmakers, creatives, and entrepreneurs who use story as their compass. Whether you’re charting your own path or telling the stories of others, this framework serves as both roadmap and reflection, a visual anchor to return to when the way forward feels uncertain.
Each print is crafted slowly, by hand, a piece meant not just to be seen, but to be lived with. Hang it in your home or studio, and let it remind you: every story, including your own, follows the path of becoming.
Designed by Dylan Thurgood
Sown’s Global Filmmaker Network
We raise the money to
cover our hard costs.
Together, we put image
& sound to your cause.
100% Free of charge
for the organization.
Really.
TEDxCSULB
Jake Viramontez, Founder of Sown
”The Unlikely Road to Abundance”