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.
The Evolution of Impact: The Future of Social Change and Nonfiction Storytelling
by Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress
Ambulante
organization dedicated to supporting and promoting documentary film as a means of cultural and social transformation in Mexico and Central America
Media Impact Project
hub for collecting, developing and sharing approaches for measuring the impact of media
Considering a Trauma-Informed Process In Documentary Filmmaking
"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."
Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
neuroeconomist Paul Zak explains the science behind how storytelling changes attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
Always In Season/Case Study
recent grassroots efforts to acknowledge the victims of lynching, repair the damage, and reconcile in four US communities
Manifesto for Community Film Distribution and Exhibition in Latin America
collectively-created set of principles to guide distribution and exhibition in Latin America
