Working Films and National Labor Leaders Announce Short Film Fund to Support Worker-Led Organizing

Working Films, in collaboration with Amazon Labor Union, North Carolina AFL-CIO, Starbucks Workers United, Union of Southern Service Workers, and United Farm Workers, are issuing a call for short films that will amplify workers seeking to have their voices heard. Since 2018, through a program called Docs in Action, Working Films has funded, curated, and … Continued

Meet the Newest Members of Our Board!

We are happy to announce three new Board members have joined our team at Working Films! Our Board of Directors reflect the diversity of our field– they’re community leaders, storytellers, filmmakers, and visionaries who bring expertise and deep passion for the work we do. “On behalf of the Working Films Board, we are honored and … Continued

2023 Call for Media to Advance Workers’ Rights

Working Films and our partners at Amazon Labor Union,NC State AFL-CIO, Starbucks Workers United, Union of Southern Service Workers, and United Farm Workers are looking for short films that will uplift the surge of workers refusing to remain silent and grow the current wave of worker-led organizing. Together, through the Docs in Action program, we … Continued

An Interview with Jacqueline Olive Director of “Always in Season”

Interviewed by Natalie Bullock Brown.   N: Start off just by giving us your name, tell us a little about where you’re from, and how you got into filmmaking. J: I’m Jacqueline Olive. I am a director, producer, and writer of films, and primarily documentary films. I got into filmmaking because I fell in love … Continued

2023 Working Films’ Wilmington Screening Series

From our home base in Wilmington, North Carolina, Working Films collaborates with organizers and activists around the country to leverage powerful documentaries as tools for change. We often screen the film projects we work with in Port City, but this year we’re committed to bringing even more of these narrative-shifting films to Wilmington audiences in … Continued

Meet the 2023 Rural Cinema Cohort!

We are pleased to announce the five locations and community leaders selected for Rural Cinema 2023: Kansas Rural Center and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation), Environmental Justice Community Action Network (Sampson County NC), 7 Directions of Service (Pleasant Grove, NC), Safe, Affordable, Good Energy (SAGE TN) (Cookeville, TN), and Iowa CCI (Scott … Continued

Stories Beyond Borders/Cuentos Sin Fronteras Film Screening + Discussion (English/Spanish Event)

Cuentos Sin Fronteras es una colección de documentales que muestran una imagen más completa de los ataques a las familias y comunidades inmigrantes. Más allá de generar empatía, estos cinco cortometrajes presentan historias reales de resiliencia y fortaleza, al tiempo que ilustran algunas de las formas en que las personas pueden brindar su tiempo, energía … Continued

Announcing Rural Cinema 2023

Across the US we are seeing stronger and more frequent climate-fueled disasters, exposure to environmental racism, and threats to our democracy – all compounded by the breakdown of civil discourse and community relationships – face to face dialogue, whether in-person or virtual, is critical for civic engagement. We also know that changemakers in rural areas … Continued

Facing Race Conference: 2022 Race Flicks Line Up!

Race Forward and Working Films are thrilled to announce the 2022 Race Flicks film track of Facing Race: A National Conference being held as a hybrid event, online and in-person in Phoenix, Arizona, from November 17-19, 2022. Race Flicks lifts up critical issues of racial justice through film. This year’s program maintains a focus on … Continued

📢 2022 Works-in-Progress Lab Filmmakers

We are delighted to continue our partnership with Cucalorus Film Foundation for the 14th annual Works-in-Progress Lab (WiP) and excited to reveal the 2022 cohort of filmmakers who are working on stories exploring music’s cultural impact on society, self-made hair stylists creating authentic hairstyles, and a Detroit mother fighting for freedom. Send your congrats to … Continued