Resources

The Doc Society's Impact Field Guide database is a collection of tools, organizations, trainings, case studies, templates, funding opportunities, and more to support your efforts to have an impact.

Lebanon
MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network
Aflamuna
Pan-Arab network of community cinemas, non-commercial spaces, where film lovers can come together to watch powerful, independent Arab film
Topic: Distribution
Organization Website
MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network
Disability Media Alliance
Disability Media Alliance
Global nonprofit building infrastructure to resource disabled nonfiction media makers
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website Accessibility
Disability Media Alliance
Canada
Story Money Impact
Story Money Impact
Maximizing the social impact of select Canadian documentary films
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Organization Website
Peace is Loud
Peace is Loud
Peace is Loud harnesses the power of storytelling by women, trans, and nonbinary change makers to mobilize strategic collective action grounded in eq…
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Organization Website
Peace is Loud
Mexico
Ambulante
Ambulante
Organization dedicated to supporting and promoting documentary film as a means of cultural and social transformation in Mexico and Central America
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website
Ambulante
United States of America
Represent Justice
Represent Justice
Represent Justice’s mission is to turn stories into action to change the justice system, while building the capacity of system-impacted communities.
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Organization Website Criminal Justice
Represent Justice
United States of America
Asian American Documentary Network
Asian American Documentary Network
US-based national network that works to increase the visibility and support of Asian Americans in the documentary field
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website
Asian American Documentary Network
United States of America
Sisters in Cinema
Sisters in Cinema
Chicago based non-profit with an inclusive mission to center and celebrate Black girls, women, and gender nonconforming media makers, providing progr…
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website BIPOC
Sisters in Cinema
Indonesia
IN-DOCS
IN-DOCS
Organization committed to cultivating a culture of openness through documentary films
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website
IN-DOCS
Central African Republic
DocA
DocA
Pan-African initiative that aims to cultivate and nourish a self-sustaining documentary film ecosystem in Africa
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website
DocA
Colombia
Docco Labs
Docco Labs
Independent media training and promotion
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website
Mexico
DocsMX
DocsMX
Building collective and participatory spaces for documentary films in Mexico, Latin America and Spain
Topic: Independent Media
Organization Website
DocsMX