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.

Screenings Request Form Template

Survey
Distribution

designed to help facilitate a community screening campaign

Screenings Request Form Template

Peace is Loud

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

Peace is Loud harnesses the power of storytelling by women, trans, and nonbinary change makers to mobilize strategic collective action grounded in eq…

Peace is Loud

DocsMX

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Independent Media

building collective and participatory spaces for documentary films in Mexico, Latin America and Spain

DocsMX

Fresh 2025 Introduction to Documentary Budgeting and Scheduling (With New Templates!)

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Budgets

"a versatile tool that can be adapted for as many uses as possible"

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Sodarlilabs

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

filmmakers and artists come together with movement leaders and activists to form a resilient network based on shared values, mutual trust and non-ext…

Sodarlilabs

Sunshine Cinema

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Distribution

youth-led grassroots film screening tool

Sunshine Cinema

The Whole Picture Toolkit

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career sustainability

helps you create mentally healthy TV and film productions for your crew and production team

The Whole Picture Toolkit

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study

Video
Examples of Impact

human rights abuses against LGBTQ people in Chechnya

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study

American Promise/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

changing the future for young black men in the US education system

American Promise/Case Study

Beyond the Lens: The State of Participant Care in Documentary Film

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Participants

survey of the state of documentary participant care

Beyond the Lens: The State of Participant Care in Documentary Film

Docubox: An African Filmmaker's Manifesto

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Independent Media

"We are all Africans. Every last one of us."

Docubox: An African Filmmaker's Manifesto

Encounters: South African International Documentary Film Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

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