December 1, 2021
When Nick Stuart of the nonprofit multimedia company Odyssey Impact thinks back on the 2016 world premiere of Kim A. Snyder’s Peabody Award-winning
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December 23, 2020Even before Working Films had a name, its founders, Robert West and Judith Helfand, knew what the organization would stand for and do. “Filmworks [as
December 17, 2020Three days after the 2020 US presidential election, the tide began to turn in Georgia. The potential for a historic blue flip from a solidly red Deep
July 8, 2019Journalism works to hold the powerful accountable, whether it is public officials or private corporations, provoking a public reckoning with
February 14, 2018By Caty Borum Chattoo and Will Jenkins Center for Media & Social Impact Contemporary social-issue documentary films are available to the public
November 6, 2017Part production company, part philanthropic enterprise, the Seattle-based Vulcan Productions seeks to catalyze global activism through engaging
May 2, 2017By Caty Borum Chattoo & Will Jenkins, Center for Media & Social Impact When Movies Go to Washington: Documentary Films & Public Policy in
July 29, 2015There has never been a more dangerous time for documentary filmmakers. Many work independently without organizational backing and are literally on
July 29, 2015A few years ago I directed If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front , a documentary about the rise and fall of a radical environmental
July 29, 2015"Numbers don’t lie" is the adage of business. This also applies to the film industry, with box office figures—posted on websites such as