We continually learn from our grantees, partners, and others in the field. This informs how we think about the role of storytelling and film in advancing change. We share these insights in our papers.
We track the impact that our projects have had on their communities and the world. To understand how we view impact, please read our 2008 working paper, Assessing Creative Media's Social Impact.
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We understand that distribution, outreach and strategic communications are critical components in a film’s ability to create social change. However, they are not the same as audience engagement. To understand how we view impact, please read our working paper, Understanding Distribution, Outreach/Strategic Communications and Audience Engagement.
Our grantees achieve impact in many different ways. They each have a different formula for success and wisdom to share with the field.
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The Lioness campaign strategy was centered around several challenges that women soldiers and veterans faced in 2008 that had serious consequences on both human and institutional levels.

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The Out in the Silence campaign has become a valuable tool for national and grassroots organizations and has helped to mobilize and re-energize coalitions, initiatives and relationship building.

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Even before crafting the campaign strategy for Sin By Silence, the filmmaking team developed one crucial objective – inspire audiences to DO Something!
These videos highlight our mission and work. They are easy to share and show the power of documentary film to inspire social change. The Impact Series was co-produced with Working Films.