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.
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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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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The Transformative Power of Film
Stanford Report
Article about Stanford University study about how stories can change people's minds
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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Criminal Justice
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Docubox: An African Filmmaker's Manifesto
Docubox
"We are all Africans. Every last one of us."
Topic: Independent Media
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Beyond Empathy
Firelight Media
Sonya Childress argues for more strategic uses of documentary film that don't normalize whiteness
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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BIPOC
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8 Above with Jon Reiss
8 Above
Tips on independent distribution
Topic: Distribution
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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
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Doc Society: Our Theory of Change
Doc Society
Theory of change
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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Manifesto Sodarilabs
Sodarilabs
Declaration of values
Topic: Independent Media
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The Evolution of Impact: The Future of Social Change and Nonfiction Storytelling
Color Congress
By Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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A Conversation about Cultural Strategy
A More Perfect Story
Summary of conversations about cultural strategy, its values, and theory of change
Topic: Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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