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Working Films

http://workingfilms.org/blog

Working Films advances social, economic, environmental and racial justice by linking independent non-fiction media to activism.

Working Films is a nonprofit organization available to all independent filmmakers and community organizers. We are neither a production company nor a distributor. We bring together the best, brightest and most committed documentary filmmakers and link their work with innovative organizers and educators.

• Added on: Apr 8th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Working Films
• Listed in: Media Activism Film
• Tags: Film documentary activism social media social justice filmmakers

Recent Posts

• What’s On My Food?

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 14:16 in food, food politics, environmental justice, free iphone application, pesticide action network, what's on your plate, what's on my food?

  In the film What’s On Your Plate?, Sadie and Safiyah go on a mission to find out where their food comes from. The film follows them visiting local farms and farmer’s markets, talking to food experts and activists, cooking delicious meal...

• Make Art for Climate

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 14:01 in environment, climate change, activism, copenhagen, environmental justice, no impact man, 1sky, the age of stupid

  This year we’ve worked with a number of films on environmental issues, including The Age of Stupid and No Impact Man, where a prevalent theme is the need for a binding and just international agreement to address climate change. With world leaders s...

• Tales from Planet Earth – Movie & a Meal

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 13:52 in Film, activism, human rights, outreach, audience engagement, judith helfand, working films, film and activism, community screening, tales from planet earth, community engagement through film, #tfpe09

  When watching news about famines and starving people in foreign countries, we often feel removed from the problem, even as we express pity and regret. Beadie Finzi’s The Hunger Season shatters our illusions of distance, however, revealing the ...

• Back from Sheffield: Got Intentional

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 11:11 in events, sheffield, britdoc, robert west, moving to mars, audience engagement, good pitch, working films news, film and activism, erasing david, jess search, #sheffielddocfest

  I am just back from the hills of Sheffield UK and their exuberant Doc Fest. Five days of high energy started as soon as I stepped off the train; most of the festival venues were right by the station and crowds were already milling. The sold out openi...

• Cucalorus Film Festival

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 10:00 in events, north carolina, wilmington, film festival, crude, environmental justice, gender and sexuality, film and activism, off and running, cucalorus film festival

  Working Films is proud to be coordinating panel discussions after two films at the Cucalorus Films Festival in our hometown of Wilmington, NC. Named one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals” by Movie Maker Magazine, Cucalorus runs November 11th-15th...

• Tales from Planet Earth – What’s On Your Plate?

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 00:28 in climate change, activism, campaign, csa, environmental justice, audience engagement, farm to school, food justice, bryant terry, anna lappe, judith helfand, working films

  As part of the community events of Tales from Planet Earth, Troy Gardens and MACSAC participated as community partners in the screening event of What’s On Your Plate? along with filmmakers Catherine Gund and Sadie Rain Hope-Gund. What’s On Your ...

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