Beth Murphy

Beth Murphy is Executive Director, Principle Pictures, telling under-documented stories by producing award-winning films, digital media, and targeted public education campaigns. She founded the film and media company, and she believes in the power of storytelling to understand our world and begin to make it a better place.

Her work as producer, director, journalist, writer, and photographer focuses on human rights, equality and justice, and she is most driven to tell stories of those who are shining a light in some of the darkest corners of our world.

Murphy has directed and produced nearly 20 documentary films (including the features “Beyond Belief,” “The List” and “What Tomorrow Brings”) that have screened at film festivals and aired on television networks globally. Her work as a multimedia producer, impact campaign director and author raises awareness and promotes action for issues and causes that demand social change.

Anna Fierst, the great-granddaughter of Eleanor Roosevelt (center), holds up a sign that says, "Together We Stand." (Photo by Beth Murphy/GroundTruth)

Rights

Eleanor Roosevelt’s great-granddaughter walked in the Women’s March

Anna Fierst, 61, woke up early Saturday in Washington, D.C. with a fire in her chest – the...

A mother, self-identifying as a "third-generation suffragette," helps her daughter prepare for the Women's March on Washington in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Beth Murphy/GroundTruth Films)

Video

Video: A mother and daughter explain why they march

The women's democratic national committee in DC was a gathering place today for people to prepare for tomorrow's Women's...

The Women's March on Washington will take place this Saturday, Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Sister marches will also be held in other major U.S. cities as well as various countries around the world. (Photo by Tom Thai/Flickr User)

Rights

Women’s March is ‘a sign’ of disconnect between politicians and people

Maina Kiai is the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly. (Photo by...

Katherine Egland has the answer (Beth Murphy/GroundTruth)

Video

‘Persevere and never give up,’ climate justice official says

Donald Trump wins the US election, what do I say to my daughter back home? Katherine Egland has...

Feature Films

Son of Fukushima

Son of Fukushima: About the film Click the play button on the image above to watch the trailer....

Feature Films

What Tomorrow Brings

What Tomorrow Brings: About the film Click the play button on the image above to watch the trailer....

War and Peace

Hard Lessons: Afghan schools fear rising violence

Miriam, an 11-year-old from Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, believes she and her family are lucky to have escaped...

Asia

On the Ground: Fukushima Diary

Editor's Note: Eighty-one-year-old Saichi Ouchi is one of only eight people in human history to be twice exposed...

Middle East

Meet Zakia and Ali, Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet

They are human beings, and as poor and unlucky and ill-educated as they might be, they have just...

Rights

The Girls’ Schools: What will tomorrow bring?

Before US troops arrived in Afghanistan in 2001, the harsh rule of the Taliban forbade girls' education. Today...

Rights

The Zabuli School: The Future

DEH’SUBZ, Afghanistan — The seven girls graduating from the school here on the outskirts of Kabul this fall...

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