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.

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

Book
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Featured

how to co-create — and why: the emergence of media co-creation as a concept and as a practice grounded in equity and justice

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Website
Distribution
Featured

pan-Arab network of community cinemas, non-commercial spaces, where film lovers can come together to watch powerful, independent Arab film

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact
Featured

miscarriage of justice in the Philippines

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

Everything's Cool/Case Study

Video
Examples of Impact

the politics behind climate change

Everything's Cool/Case Study

Thank You For The Rain/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

the damages of climate change in Kenya

Thank You For The Rain/Case Study

The Quipu Project/Case Study

Website
Examples of Impact

thousands of Peruvians were sterilised in the 90’s without their consent

The Quipu Project/Case Study

Media Impact Project

Website
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

hub for collecting, developing and sharing approaches for measuring the impact of media

Media Impact Project

FIFDH

Website
Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

website

Docubox: An African Filmmaker's Manifesto

Website
Independent Media

"We are all Africans. Every last one of us."

Docubox: An African Filmmaker's Manifesto

Lejos del Sentido/Case Study

Video
Examples of Impact

an intimate personal portrait of Mexican documentalist Olivia Luengas and the struggle of her sister Liliana with the boundary personality disorder

Lejos del Sentido/Case Study

Documentary Participants Empowerment Alliance

Website
Participants

bringing vital resources to all those who have appeared in or are considering appearing in documentary films

Documentary Participants Empowerment Alliance

DOCSP

Website
Independent Media

event supporting documentary film and filmmakers in Brazil

DOCSP