Resource guide on documentary storytelling for community engagement

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posted on 2023-08-05, 13:51 authored by Lisa Flick Wilson, Vanessa Jackson, Shakita Jones, Kenya Jackson-Saulters, Corey Dobyns, Staci Lynch, Cathryn BorumCathryn Borum, David Conrad-Pérez, Varsha Ramani, Patricia AufderheidePatricia Aufderheide, Sherry Simpson, Grace Anglin, Patrick Sheehan

Prepared by Radical Optimist Collective and CMSI, this guide was created based on lessons learned during a participatory research study — Breaking the Silence: How Documentaries Can Shape The Conversation on Racial Violence in America and Create New Communities— held in seven communities across the country in February of 2020, which used a community screening of the documentary Always in Season to catalyze community conversations and break long-standing cultures of silence around issues of racial violence.

History

Publisher

American University (Washington, D.C.). School of Communication. Center for Media & Social Impact

Notes

Prepared by Radical Optimist Collective and CMSI, this guide was created based on lessons learned during a participatory research study — Breaking the Silence: How Documentaries Can Shape The Conversation on Racial Violence in America and Create New Communities— held in seven communities across the country in February of 2020, which used a community screening of the documentary Always in Season to catalyze community conversations and break long-standing cultures of silence around issues of racial violence.