Resources & Case Studies

Resources & Case Studies

The Field Guide has drawn extensively from impact case studies and we highly recommend you also get inspired and empowered. Stand on the shoulders of others! Of course we also recommend that you watch as many of the full films as possible so you can put together the creative potential with the impact strategy. We are also always looking to include great new examples so please email us your suggestions.

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact
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miscarriage of justice in the Philippines

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

Book
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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how to co-create — and why: the emergence of media co-creation as a concept and as a practice grounded in equity and justice

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Website
Distribution
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pan-Arab network of community cinemas, non-commercial spaces, where film lovers can come together to watch powerful, independent Arab film

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

Website
Funding
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The fellowship is focused on the career advancement of First Nations documentary filmmakers

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

Midwest Academy Strategy Chart

PDF
Strategic Planning

tool for developing a strategy

PDF

Safe + Secure

Website

guidance to address safety and security issues facing documentary filmmakers

Safe + Secure

8 Above with Jon Reiss

Website
Distribution

tips on independent distribution

8 Above with Jon Reiss

Blackfish/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

the consequences of keeping orcas in captivity

Blackfish/Case Study

Guide to Filmmaking for a More Diverse and Universal Audience

PDF
Audiences

preliminary concepts and evidence-based guidelines for filmmaking capable of reaching a more diverse and universal audience

Guide to Filmmaking for a More Diverse and Universal Audience

DOC NYC

Website
Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

DOC NYC

Beyond the Lens: The State of Participant Care in Documentary Film

PDF
Participants

survey of the state of documentary participant care

Beyond the Lens: The State of Participant Care in Documentary Film

Working with Cultural Influencers

Website

tips for working with cultural influencers for impact

Working with Cultural Influencers