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.

Horticulture Tools

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Strategic Planning

framework to determine the type of impact you would like your film to have

Horticulture Tools

Methodology Workbooks

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Distribution

virtual space for consultation about Latin American social impact film distribution

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Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

neuroeconomist Paul Zak explains the science behind how storytelling changes attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors

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DOCSP

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Independent Media

event supporting documentary film and filmmakers in Brazil

DOCSP

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

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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Not That Kind of Guy - Case Study Conversation

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Ethics

innovations, ethical struggles and final triumphs of the impact campaign for NOT THAT KIND OF GUY

Not That Kind of Guy - Case Study Conversation

Distribution Playbook

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Distribution

launching pad for building custom distribution strategies

Distribution Playbook

Sundance: Labs, Fellowships, Grants, Programs

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Funding

support for independent storytellers

Sundance: Labs, Fellowships, Grants, Programs

Considering a Trauma-Informed Process In Documentary Filmmaking

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Ethics

"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."

Considering a Trauma-Informed Process In Documentary Filmmaking

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the brave video journalists of Burma who covered the Saffron Revolution

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country/Case Study

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