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Field Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Moderated by “The Woke Coach,” Seena Hodges (who began by acknowledging the Catawba people, onetime inhabitants of the land on which the Durham Hotel
Editor’s Note: Chi-hui Yang is program officer at Ford Foundation’s JustFilms initiative. What follows is an edited version of his keynote address at
I'm Tracie Lewis. I'm a film lover, adjunct film instructor, filmmaker, storyteller and three-time Getting Real attendee. Getting Real '18 is bigger
Click Here For Full Report The State of the Documentary Field initiative was shaped by the Center for Media & Social Impact, in collaboration with
Conversations about power, ownership and representation in the documentary field are as old as the documentary tradition itself. Ours is a history
Following the 2016 presidential election, there was a lot of hand-wringing across several industries about “what we missed.” Journalists in particular
For any young aspiring filmmaker, entering the world of documentary can be a challenging endeavor. And if you're a person of color, or have limited
Overview Culture paints a portrait of what we celebrate and who is worthy of our attention. As cultural critic and journalist Mary McNamara stated,
I think that it's safe to say that most of us love working in documentary film because the work we produce does something to make the world a better
by Meena Nanji and Victoria Chalk A-Doc, a network of Asian American documentary filmmakers, is committed to foregrounding the voices of Asian