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.

Trembling Before G-d/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

LGBTQ Orthodox Jews reconciling their sexuality with their faith

Trembling Before G-d/Case Study

A Place at the Table/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

food insecurity in the US

A Place at the Table/Case Study

StoryShift

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Participants

take-aways, advice, and lessons learned that can inform intentional accountability practices in documentary filmmaking

StoryShift

Thank You For The Rain/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the damages of climate change in Kenya

Thank You For The Rain/Case Study

Sundance Cultural Impact Residency

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

six-month fellowship supporting early-career, underrepresented storytellers whose work is rooted in creative, cultural, and social impact

Sundance Cultural Impact Residency

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Vanessa Cuervo Forero

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Strategic Planning

Cultural, film and impact strategist, Vanessa Cuervo Forero shares insight about outreach and audience engagement strategies in impact campaigns.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Vanessa Cuervo Forero

Looky Looky Pictures Film Impact & AI Summit

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Strategic Planning

live, one day virtual event for small doc teams

Looky Looky Pictures Film Impact & AI Summit

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Victoria Solano

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Strategic Planning

Filmmaker, journalist and impact producer Victoria Solano reflects on the impact and alternative distribution strategies for her film 9.70.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Victoria Solano

Sydney Film Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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Always In Season/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

recent grassroots efforts to acknowledge the victims of lynching, repair the damage, and reconcile in four US communities

Always In Season/Case Study

Social Change Ecosystem Map

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Team Building

tool to understand the ten roles that people and organizations often show up in when they are participating in social change efforts

Social Change Ecosystem Map

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