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.
A Question of Ethics: The Relationship between Filmmaker and Subject
At the heart of documentary production is the relationship between filmmaker and subjects--not often an equal balance of power. And for the most part…
Mezcla Media Collective
Community for Women & Non-Binary Filmmakers of Color (Chicago-based)
Narrative Observatory
data-driven help for strategists and creative practitioners to identify story opportunities and challenges across a range of social issues
Using Story to Change Systems
proposal to develop new processes of collective storytelling across sectors to navigate turbulent times and foster systems change
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
supports organizations that advance social justice by empowering world-changing work in investigative journalism, documentary film and arts & culture
IRIS
donor collaborative supporting storytelling and narrative strategy for impact around gender, racial and ethnic justice, natural resources and climate…
JustFilms
JustFilms funds social justice storytelling and the 21st-century arts infrastructure that supports it






