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.
Firelight Fund
support for Black, Brown, and Indigenous stories from development through distribution, with a focus on those who are telling urgent stories and usin…
Internal Discovery Questionnaire
reflection exercise to help begin developing the strategy for a film impact campaign
Festival International du Film documentaire Oceanien (FIFO)
impact-friendly documentary film festival
The Transformative Power of Film
article about Stanford University study about how stories can change people's minds
Impact Campaign Budget Example: Participant and Partner Support
budget template for campaign that centered protagonist support, partnership support, a pillar screening event, and original resource creation
Beyond Empathy
Sonya Childress argues for more strategic uses of documentary film that don't normalize whiteness
Asian American Documentary Network: Crew Database
A-Doc members and their areas of expertise in filmmaking and storytelling
Empact
platform that connects people who have been moved by the social issues highlighted in the media they just watched with opportunities to make a real i…
Climate Story Unit Case Studies
video case studies from Doc Society-supported climate stories
