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.

Movies that Matter Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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Story Money Impact

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

maximizing the social impact of select Canadian documentary films

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SanFic

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement

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Policy Change

investigation into the role of documentary films in legislative and regulatory change and influence in the United States

Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement

Considering a Trauma-Informed Process In Documentary Filmmaking

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Ethics

"Too often, it’s the folk whose stories make documentaries possible who are the last to be considered when a film project is conceived and pursued."

Considering a Trauma-Informed Process In Documentary Filmmaking

Screenings Request Log Template

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Distribution

support for facilitating community screenings

Screenings Request Log Template

Weapon of War/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

rape in the Congo

Weapon of War/Case Study

Collective Lens Training

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Strategic Planning

flexible and customizable impact training program for filmmakers

Collective Lens Training

Ethic Resource Library

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Ethics

searchable library for ethical inquiry

Ethic Resource Library

Independent Media vs Authoritarianism

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Independent Media

argument for free independent public media access as a cornerstone of democracy

Independent Media vs Authoritarianism

Bag It/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

effects of plastic consumer merchandise

Bag It/Case Study

Indicator Toolbox

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Measurement

How do you know if you have moved the needle? The Doc Society provides sample indicators for each of the five impact dynamics to support your assessm…

Indicator Toolbox