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.

Moving Mindsets: A Playbook for Building Momentum

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

how to pursue short-term advances while remaining disciplined and focused on the long-term change goals

Moving Mindsets: A Playbook for Building Momentum

GIPA Members Directory

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Strategic Planning

directory of impact producers

GIPA Members Directory

Story Money Impact

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

maximizing the social impact of select Canadian documentary films

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Sita Kimya (I Won’t Be Silent)/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

ending sex- and gender-based violence in Kenya

Sita Kimya (I Won’t Be Silent)/Case Study

Beyond Empathy

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

Sonya Childress argues for more strategic uses of documentary film that don't normalize whiteness

Beyond Empathy

Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work

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Ethics

map of perceived ethical challenges that documentary filmmakers—directors and producer-directors—in the United States identify in the practice of the…

Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work

The House I Live In/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the personal impact of the US government's "war on drugs"

The House I Live In/Case Study

The Age of Stupid/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the future of climate change

The Age of Stupid/Case Study

A Conversation about Cultural Strategy

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

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

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The Crisis Isn’t Cinema. It’s the Industry.

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Distribution

"As global systems unravel—from media monopolies to cultural institutions—the world of film mirrors the instability, but it also carries within it th…

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Screening Toolkit

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Distribution

toolkit for hosting screenings for impact

Screening Toolkit

One World Media

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Independent Media

support for journalists and filmmakers globally to tell stories that inform and connect us all

One World Media