December 23, 2020 From Outreach to Impact: Two Decades of Working Films Even before Working Films had a name, its founders, Robert West and Judith Helfand, knew what the organization would stand for and do. “Filmworks [as Read more
December 17, 2020 Looking Beyond 2020, Why Do Documentaries Matter to Democracy? Three 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 Read more
July 8, 2019 The Space for Change Journalism works to hold the powerful accountable, whether it is public officials or private corporations, provoking a public reckoning with Read more
February 14, 2018 How Documentary Films Engage Successfully with State and Local Public Policy Makers: A New Report Provides Insights By Caty Borum Chattoo and Will Jenkins Center for Media & Social Impact Contemporary social-issue documentary films are available to the public Read more
November 6, 2017 Five Questions with Carole Tomko and Jannat Gargi of Vulcan Productions Part production company, part philanthropic enterprise, the Seattle-based Vulcan Productions seeks to catalyze global activism through engaging Read more
May 2, 2017 When Movies Go to Washington: Documentary Films & Public Policy in the United States (Volume 1) By Caty Borum Chattoo & Will Jenkins, Center for Media & Social Impact When Movies Go to Washington: Documentary Films & Public Policy in Read more
July 29, 2015 Risky Business: A New Report on the Dangers of Doc-Making There has never been a more dangerous time for documentary filmmakers. Many work independently without organizational backing and are literally on Read more
July 29, 2015 Fair vs. Balanced A 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 Read more
July 29, 2015 Show Me the Numbers! The Transparency Project Aims to Do Just That "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 Read more
July 29, 2015 Future Doc: Digital Storytelling, Virtual Reality and Gaming The Millennial and Gen C generations who are native digital users will be the largest segment of the population worldwide within the next decade. It' Read more