December 17, 2010 Documentary Activism: Empowering Communities Through the Media A review of the book 'Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada' Read more
May 1, 2007 Positively Ninth Street: San Francisco's Fabulous Family of Nonprofit Media Arts Groups A profile of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center. Read more
August 31, 2005 GreenTreks: Going Where No Network Has Gone Before: Environmental Programming "Telling Stories that change the world," emphatically defines the mission of GreenTreks Network, Inc. In partnership with KRCB Television 22 in Read more
July 30, 2004 Of Golden Arches and Golden Parachutes: Two New Docs Find Ways to Skin Corporate Fat Cats On 'Super Size Me' and 'The Corporation' Read more
April 30, 2004 Participatory Democracy through Film: Social Documentaries Thrive in Multiple Media Environments This is the best and worst of times for social documentarians. Never has it been easier or cheaper to make a social documentary than today. Many a Read more
April 30, 2004 Can I Get a Witness? Images That Effect a Positive Change In 1988, Amnesty International organized a concert tour to mark the 40th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more
April 30, 2004 That's Motivation! Working Films Reaches Out Neither a production company nor a distributor, Working Films , the North Carolina-based nonprofit, brings media activists, educators, community Read more
October 1, 2002 Activism Goes Online With MediaRights.org Last June, visitors to the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival at New York’s Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center were presented with a Read more
July 1, 2002 Can Documentary Make a Difference? The Center for Social Media Is Certain of It The Center for Social Media was launched last fall at the American University School of Communication in Washington, DC, which is, of course, a Read more
September 1, 2001 'The Last Stand' Increases Awareness of the Environment For the dissident audience the mission of the environmental documentary is to corrode the mantra of “development equals progress, jobs, and a strong Read more