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.

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

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

Food Inc/Case Study

Video
Examples of Impact

health, labor, and environmental effects of corporate farming

Food Inc/Case Study

Impact Campaign Budget Example 3: Screenings

Website
Budgets

sample budget illustrating possible costs of campaign focused primarily on community screenings

Impact Campaign Budget Example 3: Screenings

Narrative Strategies for Belonging

Website
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

This digital library offers a curated collection of resources for anyone interested in narrative strategy as a tool for fostering a healthy pluralist…

Narrative Strategies for Belonging

Sheffield Doc/Fest

Website
Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

Sheffield Doc/Fest

Sundance Collab Courses

Website
Production

live online, self-paced and on-demand filmmaking courses to help you hone your craft and network with other creators

Sundance Collab Courses

Sisters in Cinema

Website
Independent Media

Chicago based non-profit with an inclusive mission to center and celebrate Black girls, women, and gender nonconforming media makers, providing progr…

Sisters in Cinema

Using Story to Change Systems

Website
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

proposal to develop new processes of collective storytelling across sectors to navigate turbulent times and foster systems change

Using Story to Change Systems

Escape Fire/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

the fight to rescue US healthcare

Escape Fire/Case Study