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.

Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when Telling Truth to Power

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ethics

how to mitigate known risks

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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…

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A Question of Ethics: The Relationship between Filmmaker and Subject

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participants

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…

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Using the Stages of Team Development

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team building

five stages of team development

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Mezcla Media Collective

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independent media

Community for Women & Non-Binary Filmmakers of Color (Chicago-based)

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What Is Story-Based Strategy?

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narrative change/cultural strategy

explainer on story-based strategy

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Narrative Observatory

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strategic planning

data-driven help for strategists and creative practitioners to identify story opportunities and challenges across a range of social issues

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Theory of Change

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strategic planning

tool for clarifying your priorities

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Using Story to Change Systems

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narrative change/cultural strategy

proposal to develop new processes of collective storytelling across sectors to navigate turbulent times and foster systems change

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Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

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funding

supports organizations that advance social justice by empowering world-changing work in investigative journalism, documentary film and arts & culture

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IRIS

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donor collaborative supporting storytelling and narrative strategy for impact around gender, racial and ethnic justice, natural resources and climate…

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JustFilms

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JustFilms funds social justice storytelling and the 21st-century arts infrastructure that supports it

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