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
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

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

Book
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Featured

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

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact
Featured

miscarriage of justice in the Philippines

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

Disability Media Alliance

Website
Independent Media

global nonprofit building infrastructure to resource disabled nonfiction media makers

Disability Media Alliance

Big Tech Narrative Initiative

Website
Funding

Initiative to help artists and storytellers unlock creative and courageous vision and give our publics a clearer understanding of how Big Tech is sha…

Big Tech Narrative Initiative

impACT Cannes

Website
career sustainability

initiative designed to spark essential conversations that pave the way for a more inclusive, responsible and forward-thinking film industry

impACT Cannes

Distribution Playbook

Website
Distribution

launching pad for building custom distribution strategies

Distribution Playbook

Evaluation Plan Worksheet

PDF
Measurement

Use this worksheet to lay out the information you need to be able to develop your evaluation plan.

Evaluation Plan Worksheet

Safe + Secure

Website

guidance to address safety and security issues facing documentary filmmakers

Safe + Secure

ITVS

Website
Funding

ITVS' mission is to amplify powerful stories and voices that represent the breadth of our communities across America.

ITVS

Investigating Documentary’s Social Influence and Impact in the Participatory Media Age

Website
Examples of Impact

What’s Really Needed to Produce and Sustain Social Impact in Documentary Film?

Investigating Documentary’s Social Influence and Impact in the Participatory Media Age

Food Chains/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

exploitation of farm workers in the agriculture industry in the US

Food Chains/Case Study