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Working Films positions documentaries to advance social justice and environmental protection.
FEATURED PROJECTS
2025 Works in Progress Lab: Call for applications
The Works-in-Progress (WiP) Lab supports social justice documentaries with a focus on Black storytelling. Co-designed and coordinated by Working Films, in partnership with Cucalorus, participating artists receive feedback on their work-in-progress and explore audience engagement strategies through workshops, consultations, and community screenings during a weeklong residency at Cucalorus’ campus. This…
READ MORE »ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEADERS ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR RURAL CINEMA 2025
Working Films strives to make all of our events and programs accessible, including our application processes. To request an accessibility accommodation or adjustment, please email amyers@workingfilms.org, or call us at 910-342-9000. Across the US we are seeing stronger and more frequent climate-fueled disasters, exposure to environmental racism, and threats to…
READ MORE »Do-It-Yourself Screening Guide
Didn’t get a chance to host a screening of one of our impactful film-driven organizing campaigns? Or know someone who might be interested? We’re excited to announce that our past campaigns—Shore Stories, Coal Ash Stories, Stories Beyond Borders, and Revisioning Recovery—are now available for community screenings! Each of these films…
READ MORE »Introducing the Facing Race Conference: 2024 Race Flicks Line Up!
Race Forward and Working Films are thrilled to announce the 2024 Race Flicks film track of Facing Race: A National Conference, being held in person in St. Louis, Missouri, November 20-22. Race Flicks is a micro-film track during the conference that lifts up critical issues and stories of community organizing…
READ MORE »Beyond Walls is a Call to Care
Launched in 2023, Beyond Walls is an organizing initiative featuring documentary films that define and amplify what prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition means, while inspiring people to imagine and take action toward a world without policing. This year, Beyond Walls continues to resonate across communities and a recent screening at…
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