Keely Badger spent her youth in Sedona, Arizona, deeply inspired by indigenous cultures in the American Southwest. Developing a love for the transformative potential of documentary film to bridge communities and awaken critical consciousness, she has worked in the public and private sectors using social impact cinema as a tool to inspire audiences to meaningful action. With a background in helping produce, brand and market films by providing strategic audience engagement models, impactful multimedia campaigns and community partnership-building, Keely has successfully helped independent filmmakers galvanize social change in both grassroots and international arenas.

Her award-winning film work has secured theatrical premieres for her clients at Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Sheffield Film Festival, and the Pan African Film Festival, among others, as well as distribution deals with Netflix, Hulu, PBS, American Masters, Gravitas Ventures, Dartmouth Films, Abramorama, IFC Films and Roco Films. Keely’s film clients have screened in theaters and classrooms across the globe to audiences large and small, from the White House to the United Nations, to Tribal Communities across California, New Mexico, Arizona and Hawaii.