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Case Studies

A Lion in the House: A Content-Centered Outreach Strategy for Public Broadcasting

August 04, 2014

A Lion in the House: A Content-Centered Outreach Strategy for Public Broadcasting By Barbara Abrash Download the Lion Case Study here. Download the Lion Maps here. A Lion in the House is a...

Well-Founded Fear: A Case Study

March 24, 2014

Well-Founded Fear: A Case Study By Barbara Abrash The Berlin Wall came down, the Cold War ended, and all of a sudden, it wasn't just information and money and images that were zooming around the...

Case Study: Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo

March 24, 2014

Case Study: Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo By Barbara Abrash Overview The making and distribution of Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo shows how a network of feminist activists and scholars...

Blue Vinyl and the My House is Your House Consumer Organizing Campaign, 2002-2003

March 24, 2014

Blue Vinyl and the My House is Your House Consumer Organizing Campaign, 2002-2003 By Working Films and Toxic Comedy Pictures Blue Vinyl co-directors Judith Helfand and Daniel Gold "hit the road to...

Impact of “The Uprising of ’34”: A Coalition Model of Production and Distribution

March 24, 2014

As much an article as a case study, Whiteman examines George Stoney and Judith Helfand’s film as an example of a project that raised...

Report from the Road: Two Towns of Jasper

March 24, 2014

Report from the Road: Two Towns of Jasper By Working Films Linking the film with community change is the goal of the outreach campaign surrounding this highly acclaimed documentary from the POV...

Enhancing Education: A Producer’s Guide

March 24, 2014

Enhancing Education: A Producer's Guide By WGBH Boston This comprehensive website contains 12 case studies documenting how producers have integrated educational outreach into their productions. The...

Case Study: Changing the World, One Documentary at a Time

March 24, 2014

Case Study: Changing the World, One Documentary at a Time By Gary Weimberg On September 10, 1999 Dylcia Pagan walked out of her prison cell in the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin,...

Collaboration in Action: Strategies for Developing and Distributing Multiplatform Documentaries

March 24, 2014

Our 21/2-year multi-media project, Saving The Sierra: Voices of Conservation in Action, is now over. The digital files are all tucked...

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