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.

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

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
Featured

miscarriage of justice in the Philippines

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Website
Distribution
Featured

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

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Assessing the Social Impact of Issues-Focused Documentaries: Research Methods & Future Considerations

Website
Measurement

guidance for developing an impact plan

Assessing the Social Impact of Issues-Focused Documentaries: Research Methods & Future Considerations

Impact Campaign Budget Example: Participant and Partner Support

Spreadsheet
Budgets

budget template for campaign that centered protagonist support, partnership support, a pillar screening event, and original resource creation

Impact Campaign Budget Example: Participant and Partner Support

A Conversation about Cultural Strategy

Website
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

summary of conversations about cultural strategy, its values, and theory of change

website

POV Resources

Website
Curriculum

free discussion guides, lesson plans, reading lists and other resources inspired by POV documentaries

POV Resources

Impact Application Checklist and Guidelines

PDF
Funding

template designed to standardize application questions for impact funding

Impact Application Checklist and Guidelines

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Vanessa Cuervo Forero

Video
Strategic Planning

Cultural, film and impact strategist, Vanessa Cuervo Forero shares insight about outreach and audience engagement strategies in impact campaigns.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Vanessa Cuervo Forero

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Emily Wanja

Video
Strategic Planning

Impact producer Emili Wanja shares the Thank You For The Rain impact campaign, reflecting on co-creation, partners, strategies and more.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Emily Wanja

Virunga/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

Africa’s oldest national park is under threat from war and mining

Virunga/Case Study