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Two Towns of Jasper: Move Hearts, Minds and Policy

Things are heating up at the Working Films’ firehouse this summer – literally, the heat index has hovered around 100 degrees the past month. I recently arrived to Wilmington in June as a 2011 George Stoney Fellow from Ithaca College…

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Reel Power: Strength in Numbers

"Being part of this collaboration is saying we can work together to affect a larger issue; to affect change." - Peter Bull, filmmaker of Dirty Business As Judith Helfand states in the video, "There’s no silver bullet that is going…

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6 Award-Winning Directors selected for San Francisco Good Pitch

The Good Pitch San Francisco starts off with an intensive two-day campaign development workshop led by Working Films for the selected filmmakers September 24-25. A day-long event on September 27 will bring together the filmmakers with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, brands…

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Stories of Reel Change

Who better to speak about Reel Change than someone who’s already gone through it? I checked in with a few of the alumni from our first Managing Social Issue Film Campaigns workshop to find out what they gained from the…

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9 Must-Have Tech Tools for Film Engagement

We asked our friend Steph Bleyer, founder of Six Foot Chipmunk, about her favorite tech tools that help clients reach and activate new audiences. Here's a peek inside her toolbox: Call2Action – Customizable, sharable widget. It’s like a mini-website. Trumps…

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A Homecoming for "Our School" A Guest Blog by filmmaker Mona Nicoara

After starting in festivals in Europe and the US, Our School finally had its premiere in Romania - a homecoming of sorts for the film and an event that we have been anticipating for almost six years. We shot in…

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A Homecoming for "Our School" A Guest Blog by filmmaker Mona Nicoara

After starting in festivals in Europe and the US, Our School finally had its premiere in Romania - a homecoming of sorts for the film and an event that we have been anticipating for almost six years. We shot in…

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Inspired by Education Organizers at the CPER Convening

Recently, I spent two days at the Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER) convening, an amazing gathering of grassroots education organizers and the foundations that support their work. I went to support the Reel Education filmmakers and others who were…

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