Sarah Shively is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker exploring the shifting landscape of drug treatment in Oregon. Her current project, The Story Project of Measure 110, dives deep into the fallout and future of Oregon’s groundbreaking drug decriminalization law. How are people seeking treatment connected to services? And how has the recent recriminalization reshaped the “do no harm” ethos that once redefined addiction as a medical disorder rather than a crime? Through powerful storytelling, The Story Project seeks answers to these urgent questions.

Her capstone documentary, Moving into Adulthood, premiered at the Seattle Film Festival (2022), where she won Best Director for Documentary Short. The film went on to screen at the Portland Film Festival, AutFest: The Texas Autism Film Festival (Audience Favorite Award), and several others — ultimately winning Best Autism Film at Star City Film Festival and Best Student Film at the Beach Cities Inspirational Film Festival (2023), as well as becoming a finalist at NewFilmmakers NY.

Her other festival-recognized projects include Mugshots in the Digital Age (Best Northern Student Documentary, Klamath Independent Film Festival 2023) and Darcelle: On Life, Love and Dying (Best LGBTQ+ Documentary Short, Seattle Film Festival 2024). Both films screened at multiple festivals across the country.

The Story Project of Measure 110, Part One: PEERS — her first post-graduate documentary — earned wide acclaim, including Best Director (Seattle Film Festival 2024), Best Redemption Story Arc (Klamath Independent Film Festival 2024), and Best Social Commentary (City of Angels Women’s Film Festival 2024), along with multiple festival selections and honors.

Most recently, Shively wrote and directed Changed for Good, a Horse and Hay Media / Film Club Camp project that premiered at the CMS Lucknow International Children’s Film Festival (India) in April 2025.

She is currently in post-production on The Story Project of Measure 110, Part Two: DECRIM/RECRIM.