Making a Living at Making Change with Documentary
Themes:
CreativityTransparency
What:
Panel
When:
11:30 AM, Wednesday 26 Sep 2018
(1 hour 30 minutes)
Where:
Film L.A. -
Meeting Room
How:
Discussion:
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As audience engagement strategies and impact campaigns have become increasingly sophisticated, impact producers have filled a crucial role as multifaceted strategists working alongside film teams to ensure documentaries are seen and used effectively. Impact producers balance the worlds of organizing, marketing, distribution and political strategy. While a small number secure full-time employment within production companies and boutique impact firms, the bulk of the work is as freelance contractors, making them vulnerable to the same sustainability concerns as independent filmmakers. This panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities for career sustainability within the field of documentary impact.
Sponsored by A&E Indie Films
Sponsored by A&E Indie Films
Who's Attending
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Jin Yoo-Kim
Co-Producer, Cheer Film -
Nicole Tsien
Co-Producer, American Documentary | POV -
amy goldstein
Director/Producer, Span Productions -
Natalie Ruiz Tofano
Producer, Freelance -
Romin Johnson
Producer, Liminal Films -
Jamie Dobie
Executive Director, Peace is Loud -
Iyabo Boyd
Brown Girls Doc Mafia -
Chris Nguyen
A-Doc -
Betsy Kalin
Producer/Director/Writer, Itchy Bee Productions -
Rea Tajiri
Producer/Director/Ghost Pictures, Associate Professor/Temple University -
David Hambridge
Director, DP. Co-Producer, 'SUDAN: The Last Male Standing' -
Jen Sarche
Partner, Blueshift Education -
Larry Kirkman
Producer & Writer, larrykirkman.com -
Ellen Bruno
Producer/Director, BrunoFilms -
Vivian Kleiman
director/producer/consultant, Compadre Media Group -
Joanna Sokolowski
Director/Producer , Sylvia Frances Films -
Nicole Docta
Producer, Adopted Productions, LLC -
Garret Savage
Producer -
Iliana Sosa
Sundance Institute Development Fellow -
Fran Sterling
Co-Founder and Partner, Blueshift Education -
Regan Brashear
Impact Producer, Educational Distributor & Consultant, Producer, & Director, Making Change Media / New Day Films -
Lisa Dare
Assistant Editor/Editor/Researcher -
Jennifer Townsend
Director/Producer, Far Beyond Film, LLC -
Sara Maamouri
Self employed -
Daniela Alatorre
Co-founder, No Ficcion -
marisa pearl
Producer/Director -
Dawn Valadez
Producer/ Director/ Resource Wrangler, Valadez Productions -
Jessica Schilling
Documentary Editor, Freelance -
Colleen Wood
Producer, With Heart Productions, LLC/Nome, Alaska -
Audrey Emerson
Producer, Devlo Media -
Kitty Green
Filmmaker -
Ahlam Said
Impact Producer, Firelight Media -
Set Hernandez Rongkilyo
Filmmaker, Impact Producer, Undocumented Filmmakers Collective -
Paige Wood
Impact Producing Fellow, Firelight Media -
Rajal Pitroda
Producer, Fourteen80 Films -
Nikki Heyman
Producer -
7 Others