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.

Screenings Request Form Template

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Distribution

designed to help facilitate a community screening campaign

Screenings Request Form Template

Negotiating Social Impact Rights in Documentary Film

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Distribution

tangible guidance to assist filmmakers navigate their social impact work in the multi-platform, streaming age of documentary

Negotiating Social Impact Rights in Documentary Film

Accessible Filmmaking Guide

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accessibility

guide for filmmakers and others within the film industry who wish to make films accessible to foreign audiences and people with disabilities

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Beyond the Lens: The State of Participant Care in Documentary Film

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Participants

survey of the state of documentary participant care

Beyond the Lens: The State of Participant Care in Documentary Film

Cultural and Narrative Strategy

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

resources gathered by cultural strategist and author Jeff Chang, offering an introduction to thinking about how we change culture and narrative to ma…

Cultural and Narrative Strategy

Doc Edge Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

Doc Edge Festival

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

The End of the Line/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

global over-fishing

The End of the Line/Case Study

Docubox

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Independent Media

organization supporting independent storytellers on the African continent

Docubox

Impact Campaign Budget Example: Participant and Partner Support

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Budgets

budget template for campaign that centered protagonist support, partnership support, a pillar screening event, and original resource creation

Impact Campaign Budget Example: Participant and Partner Support

POV Resources

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Curriculum

free discussion guides, lesson plans, reading lists and other resources inspired by POV documentaries

POV Resources

Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when Telling Truth to Power

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Ethics

how to mitigate known risks

Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when Telling Truth to Power