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.
Aflamuna
working to harness the power of independent Arab cinema to elevate the most pressing social, political, and cultural movements of our time
Color Congress
ecosystem-builder that supports, resources, connects and champions organizations led by people of color that serve nonfiction filmmakers, leaders, an…
Always In Season/Case Study
recent grassroots efforts to acknowledge the victims of lynching, repair the damage, and reconcile in four US communities
Asian American Documentary Network: Crew Database
A-Doc members and their areas of expertise in filmmaking and storytelling
Distribution Advocates
coalition working to reclaim power for independent storytellers in the current systems of distribution and exhibition
We Set Out to Make a Film About Struggle: Distribution Case Study of Amazon Labor Documentary ‘UNION’
reveals key dates, budget actuals and strategy following legacy distributor rejections
