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.
Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice
MIT: Open Documentary Lab
How to co-create — and why: the emergence of media co-creation as a concept and as a practice grounded in equity and justice
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Thought Piece
Book
BIPOC
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Manifesto for Community Film Distribution and Exhibition in Latin America
Ambulante
Collectively-created set of principles to guide distribution and exhibition in Latin America
Topic: Distribution
Thought Piece
Website
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Storytellers' Guide to Changing the World
Culture Surge
Illuminates how and why stories create cultural, social, and political change
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Thought Piece
PDF
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The State of Social Impact Entertainment: Documentary
Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment
Collection of thought pieces on documentary and impact
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Thought Piece
Website
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Manifesto Sodarilabs
Sodarilabs
Declaration of values
Topic: Independent Media
Thought Piece
Video
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Beyond Resilience
Firelight Media
Series of screenings, essays, and curated conversations that explore the challenges, strategies, and experiences of creating and distributing work du…
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Thought Piece
Website
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Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
Harvard Business Review
Neuroeconomist Paul Zak explains the science behind how storytelling changes attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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Website
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Docubox: An African Filmmaker's Manifesto
Docubox
"We are all Africans. Every last one of us."
Topic: Independent Media
Thought Piece
Website
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Using Story to Change Systems
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Proposal to develop new processes of collective storytelling across sectors to navigate turbulent times and foster systems change
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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Independent Media vs Authoritarianism
Doc Society
Argument for free independent public media access as a cornerstone of democracy
Topic: Independent Media
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When Cruelty is the Point, We Still Need a Trauma-Informed Process in Documentary Filmmaking
Documentary Accountability Working Group
Natalie Bullock Brown of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) writes about what must be considered "when a filmmaker endeavors to tell…
Topic: Participants
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A Reckoning
Sonya Childress
Sonya Children on why and how the documentary film industry must chart a new path forward
Topic: Independent Media
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