Overview
Emma Wheeler Volz is a documentary filmmaker from Mesa, Arizona. Following her time living in Cusco, Peru as a service volunteer, Emma entered Brigham Young University’s Media Arts program where she studied non-fiction storytelling and film history. Emma’s current project utilizes ethnographic and experimental techniques to explore the spiritual leadership of women Hmong shamans in northern Thailand. During her time at Duke, Emma seeks to further examine where portraits of female resilience intersect with individual efforts to cultivate traditions, languages, and religions.