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Working Films and our partners at NAKASEC (The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium), The National Domestic Workers Alliance, The UndocuBlack Network, and United We Dream are looking for short films to support immigrants’ rights organizing and end racist attacks on immigrant communities. Together, we are curating a compilation of films that will be screened in community events in the most critical places, led by those on the frontlines of this issue.   At a moment when many people have been moved by the family separations happening at the border, a fuller story of immigration needs to be told to address the harms perpetuated by immigration enforcement practices and policies that extend beyond the current crisis at the border. Beyond building empathy and expanding understanding of immigration systems, we are seeking films that showcase collective power and vision for the future, while demonstrating the multiple ways people can give their time, energy, and resources to support organizing led by immigrant communities.   Filmmakers are invited to submit short documentaries, excerpts of feature length documentaries, and multi-platform projects. Screening rights fees will be paid to selected films. We will also provide free impact consultation to selected filmmakers and offer peer-to-peer networking and support opportunities. An emphasis will be placed on films that feature personal stories, as well as media made by people who are directly impacted by the policies and related issues at hand. We will consider a work-in-progress if it is at a strong stage, is reasonably audience-ready, and is short. Please do not apply if your film is not available for public use. If your film can be described in one or more of the following ways listed below, please apply. Specifically we are looking for films that use powerful stories that…   – Are Intersectional. We want to make connections between immigrant’s rights work and other historical and current liberation movements. We also want to make connections between present day attacks on immigrant communities and other oppressive policies and attitudes that impact communities of color or other marginalized groups. - Uplift stories of immigration that do not receive considerable attention by mainstream media (i.e. Stories from those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), family based sponsorship stories, stories from individuals in detention or their loved ones, intercountry adoptees who are living without citizenship, etc.). – Feature youth and that will speak to youth audiences. – Feature AAPI and Black immigrants. We hope to expand the popular definition of immigrant communities and show the varied experiences of different immigrant communities. – Show the harm that ICE and border patrol are  inflicting on immigrant communities at the border and within the interior of the US. – Show the importance of public and civic engagement and activism, and examples of how to get meaningfully involved. – Show white people stepping up in meaningful and non-oppressive ways to support organizing, direct action, and advocacy led by immigrant communities. – Demonstrate the resilience, strength, and legacy of community building within immigrant communities. – Make clear the collective power of the immigrants’ rights movement. – Demonstrate solutions and a vision for the future. Submissions are no longer being accepted at this time.   

After it was discovered that Chemours, a chemical company founded as a spin-off from Dupont, was dumping a toxic polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) known as GenX into North Carolina’s Cape Fear River - which over 200,000 people depend on for drinking water - we were motivated to act and to ensure that those responsible were held accountable.   Together with the Cape Fear River Watch, The NC Conservation Network, The Center for Environmental Health and a coalition of environmental organizations throughout North Carolina, we are launching a statewide community screening tour of the recently released film, The Devil We Know. In this new documentary film by Stephanie Soechtig, citizens in West Virginia take on DuPont, after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical -- now found in the blood of 99.7 percent of Americans -- into the local drinking water supply. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCkADnhRqk[/embed] Brian Powell, Communications Director for the NC Conservation Network, outlined how the issues in the film are all too familiar for North Carolina audiences: “The Devil We Know serves as a compelling and ominous prequel to the water contamination crisis impacting North Carolina as a result of widespread chemical dumping -- particularly as it relates to GenX contamination of the Cape Fear River from the DuPont spin-off corporation Chemours.” Each event will feature post-screening discussions led by local organizations that will show audiences how to stand against these toxic waste practices including demanding that PFAS chemicals get listed in the US database for toxic releases, the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) - ensuring that companies must disclose when they release these chemicals into the environment. Info for each screening listed below: Greensboro, NC Tuesday October 2nd at 7:00pm Kathleen Clay Library 1420 Price Park Dr. Greensboro, NC 27410 & Wednesday October 3rd at 7:00pm Benjamin Public Library 1530 Benjamin Pkwy Greensboro, NC 27408 Hosted by: Haw River Assembly and Piedmont Plateau Chapter of Sierra Club. New Bern, NC Wednesday, October 3rd at 6:30pm The Harrison Center 311 Middle St. New Bern, NC 28560 Hosted by: The Carolina Nature Coalition. Winston Salem, NC Thursday October 4th at 7:00pm Temple Emanuel 201 Oakwood Dr. Winston Salem, NC 27103 Hosted by Temple Emanuel Environmental Movement. Charlotte, NC Tuesday October 23rd at 6:30pm Triple C Brewery - Barrel Room 2832 Griffith Street Charlotte, NC 28203 Hosted by: Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, Clean Air Carolina, Center for Environmental Health, and Central Piedmont Sierra Club. Boone, NC Tuesday October 30th at 5:30pm Appalachian State University Plemmons Student Union, Greenbriar theater 263 Locust St. Boone, NC 28608 Hosted by: Appalachian Voices, Sustainability & Environmental Education Club (SEEC), and the Sustainable Development Student Alliance. Asheville, NC Sunday November 11th at 1:00pm Fine Arts Theatre 36 Biltmore Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 Hosted by: Clean Water for North Carolina, Photoplusavl, and Blue Spiral 1. & Thursday November 15th at 6:30pm Lenoir-Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies Board Room 36 Montfore Ave Asheville, NC 28801 Hosted by: Clean Water for North Carolina. Pittsboro, NC Tuesday December 4th at 6:30pm (Doors open at 6pm) Pittsboro Roadhouse 39 West St. Pittsboro, NC 27312 Hosted by: Haw River Assembly and Pittsboro Roadhouse. Washington, NC Tuesday December 11th at 7:00pm Historic Turnage Theatre 150 W Main St. Washington, NC 27889 Hosted by: Arts of the Pamlico and Sound Rivers.  

Working Films launched the Docs In Action Film Fund in early 2018 to support the production of short documentaries that address critical issues of social and environmental justice. Our inaugural call for applications sought non-fiction films illuminating “Just Recovery”, defined as the long-term cultural changes, planning, partnerships, investment, and infrastructure needed to build intersectional models and alternatives for communities at risk and impacted by catastrophic climate disasters. We are thrilled to announce that the inaugural Docs In Action Film Fund recipients are Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi for We Still Here (working title) and Julie Winokur for The Sacrifice Zone. Working Films will award $30,000 in completion funds to both projects. We Still Here by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi   Hurricane Maria brought an unprecedented level of devastation to Puerto Rico that has affected the present and future of an island already in crisis. We Still Here (Tentative Title) brings the community of Palomas, a barrio in Comerío (one of the hardest hit municipalities) into the public light. In response to the government's disregard and poor relief management, residents activated themselves by taking control of rebuilding efforts and transforming their lives. We Still Here  documents the lives of three young people from Palomas as they rebuild and reconstruct their community and showcase for the world a new model for Just Recovery. . .   The Sacrifice Zone by Julie Winokur When Hurricane Sandy hit Newark, New Jersey in 2012, it unleashed toxic sludge in the Ironbound neighborhood, already one of the most polluted communities in America. The Sacrifice Zone follows one young crusader as she fights for environmental security before another natural disaster strikes. From Environmental Justice Tours to Community Right-To-Know filings, from green infrastructure projects to air quality monitoring, Maria Lopez-Nuñez and the Ironbound Community Corporation are organizing residents to regain control of their neighborhood and hold industrial polluters accountable.     .   .   Working Films is committed to accountable media creation, production, technical assistance, and training with communities who are building a generative future through a just and equitable transition away from exploitation of our people and the planet. We therefore gave special consideration to selecting directors whose work demonstrates this commitment to the communities featured in their projects. The short films selected for Docs in Action funding will become a part of a curated set of films to be used within community engagement efforts that are being developed by Working Films, in consultation with the filmmakers and partner organizations.

The Docs in Action Film Fund is made possible with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

     

StoryShift is part resource network, part production hub, and part skill-share system for artist-organizers working to amplify narratives around climate justice with intention and integrity. StoryShift is a collaborative initiative that aims to resource and support individual leaders, media-makers, artists, and community-based organizations who are building powerful alternatives to structural racism, oppression, and inequity in the face of climate change. StoryShift  is based on the belief that powerful community-centered stories can seed solutions for justice and sustainability, and bring people from various backgrounds and geographies together to learn from each other while increasing their collective impact. From racist policing, to mass deportations, and devastation from hurricanes fueled by a warming climate – we are facing threats to our very existence. Yet in the midst of this, we are doing more than saying “No.” We are actively building new systems and structures – even in a moment full of of new threats. This makes up the crux of the stories StoryShift will help to produce, support, and amplify. The purpose of StoryShift is to seed, root, and nurture the long-term collaborations, resources, and vision needed for us to fundamentally shift our relationships to each other, to the planet, and to the way in which we tell the stories. We aim to spur the innovations necessary to achieve what is possible on the long road to liberation, justice, and sustainability. This new initiative is anchored by a set of principles and praxis for accountable storytelling that we hope will be widely adopted by filmmakers, artists, communities, and funders around the globe. StoryShift is coordinated by Working Films with a collaborative of partners with whom we are cultivating a responsive community of practice. This group represents dozens of organizations, filmmakers, and leaders, with a core partnership focus in five geographic communities with eight films including Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative, Beautiful Solutions, Bridge The Gulf, Center for Story Based Strategy, City of Jackson People’s Transition Team, Climate Justice Alliance, Cry You One, Defend Puerto Rico, EcoRobeson, Indigenous Rising Media, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, New Economy Coalition, the North Carolina Climate Justice Summit, and Water Warriors.

Four documentaries are getting an IMPACT KICKSTART from Working Films! Congratulations to the film teams selected for this inaugural round of in-kind impact campaign support:   ALWAYS IN SEASON by Jacqueline Olive As the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present, Always in Season follows relatives of the perpetrators and victims seeking justice and reconciliation in the midst of racial profiling, police shootings, and heated national debate about the value of black lives. >> > >> > CRIP CAMP by Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham Down the road from Woodstock, in the early 1970s, a parallel revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers. Crip Camp explores summer camp awakenings that would transform lives and shape the disability rights movement, and America, forever. Told from the point of view of former camper Jim LeBrecht, and steeped in the humor and music of the era, the film traces the journeys of campers up to the present day, in this untold story of a powerful journey towards inclusion.> DECADE OF FIRE by Vivian Vazquez, Gretchen Hildebran, Julia Steele Allen and Neyda Martinez As cities today struggle with gentrification and social inequity, Decade of Fire offers an intimate historic portrait of the burning of the Bronx in the 1970’s, transcending era and geography. Set against irrefutably insurmountable odds, and told from the perspectives of the people who survived it, the film’s heroes demonstrate the lengths to which everyday people will go to save their communities; in this case – defending and rebuilding their neighborhoods with their bare hands. >  NAILED IT by Adele Pham Nailed It chronicles the genesis and 40 year legacy of the Vietnamese nail salon and its influence on an $8 billion-dollar American industry. For mixed-race Vietnamese filmmaker Adele Pham, it’s personal as she confronts her conflicts with the culture and discovers a place within a trade seen by everyone but known to few.   Impact Kickstart is a project of Working Films supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The program was launched with the understanding that a solid strategy for audience engagement and strong partnerships are critical for a documentary film to make a difference. Filmmakers often lack time to do this work themselves or the expertise and the funds to pay for it. Emerging artists, creators of color, and other underrepresented artists can face the biggest hurdles, despite the potential of their projects. To respond to this challenge, Working Films is offering this support free of charge to the selected films,  which hold great promise to shift understanding and catalyze action that addresses critical issues of our time.

  The Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to open nearly all U.S. waters to offshore oil exploration, opening the floodgates to dirty and dangerous drilling that threatens coastal cultures and economies that rely on clean and healthy oceans. This is a clear example of politics over people, and it ignores widespread public opposition. In response, we've teamed up with Oceana, the Surfrider Foundation, and local and statewide organizations in coastal communities across the United States to tour Shore Stories, six short films that expose the devastation of past oil and gas exploration and highlight grassroots resistance to offshore drilling.  The screenings are being used to vision a future where bureaucratic and monied interests aren't controlling the future of our oceans and the coasts. The tour is building opposition to drilling  and increasing the number of people attending public hearings and speaking out through public comments to BOEM in advance of a March 9th deadline to do so. See the list of screenings below, and check back often as events are being added every day. After each screening, local and statewide leaders will hold discussions with audiences about the proposal and ways to get involved in resisting this disastrous plan. If you would like to bring Shore Stories to your community, please contact Andy Myers at: amyers [AT] workingfilms.org San Luis Obispo, California Saturday, February 3rd 7pm. French Hospital - Copeland Pavillion, 3rd Floor 1911 Johnson Ave. San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401. Hosted by: Coalition to Protect SLO County, Santa Lucia Chapter of Sierra Club, Surfrider SLO, and ECOSLO. Ocean City, Maryland Wednesday February 7th 5:30pm Shotti's Point Ocean City 3505 Coastal Highway Ocean City, MD 21842 Hosted by: Assateague Coastal Trust, Assateague Coastkeeper, and Surfrider Foundation Ocean City Chapter. Long Beach, New York Wednesday February 7th at 7pm. Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Avenue. Long Beach, New York 11561 Hosted by: Long Beach Chapter of Surfrider Foundation. Washington D.C. Thursday February 8th at 5pm. Georgetown University, ICC 108 3700 O St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20057 Hosted by: Environment America and Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environmental Network (GREEN). Charleston, South Carolina Thursday February 8th at 6pm. Charleston Main Library 68 Calhoun Street Charleston, SC 29401 Hosted by: Stop Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic (SODA), Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Oceana.  Newport, Oregon Thursday February 8th at 6:30pm. Newport Visual Arts Center, Room 205 777 NW Beach Dr. Newport, OR 97365 Hosted by: Newport Chapter of Surfrider Foundation. Cambridge, Massachusetts Tuesday February 13th at 5pm. Harvard University Boylston Hall - Fong Auditorium 1350 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA, 02138 Hosted by: Environment America, Harvard College Conservation Society, and Harvard Environmental Action Committee. Pittsboro, North Carolina Tuesday February 13th 6:30pm Pittsboro Roadhouse 39 West St. Pittsboro, NC 27312 Hosted by: 350 Triangle and Going Sustainable Williamsburg, Virginia Tuesday February 13th at 6:30pm William and Mary Cohen Career Center 180 Stadium Dr. Williamsburg, VA 23186 Hosted by: Environment Virginia, The Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Oceana. Greensboro, North Carolina (screening 1) Wednesday February 14th at 6pm. Kathleen Clay Library 1420 Price Park Dr. Greensboro, NC 27410 Hosted by: Sierra Club Piedmont Plateau Group. Washington, D.C. Thursday February 15th at 5pm. American University The School of International Relations Building (SIS) - Room 300 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20016 Hosted by: AU Fossil Free and Environment America. Melbourne, Florida Thursday February 15th at 6pm Hell ‘n Blazes 1002 E New Haven Ave. Melbourne, FL 32901 Hosted by: ReThink Energy Florida, Surfrider Foundation Sebastian Inlet Chapter & Cocoa Beach Chapter. Raleigh, North Carolina Thursday February 15th at 6:30pm Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh 3313 Wade Ave. Raleigh, NC 27607 Hosted by: Sierra Club Capital Group. Richmond Hill, Georgia Friday February 16th at 7pm. Richmond Hill Wetlands Center 240 Cedar Street Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Hosted by: The Dolphin Project and Ogeechee Riverkeeper. Greensboro, North Carolina (screening 2) Tuesday February 20th at 6pm. Benjamin Branch Library 1530 Benjamin Pkwy. Greensboro, NC 27408 Hosted by: Sierra Club Piedmont Plateau Group. Tallahassee, Florida Tuesday February 20th at 7pm All Saints Cinema 918 Railroad Ave Tallahassee, FL 32301 Hosted by: Environment Florida, Florida Conservation Voters, Oceana, and Surfrider Foundation. Richmond, Virginia Wednesday February 21st at 2:00pm (films begin at 3pm) Four Points by Sheraton Richmond Airport 4700 S Laburnum Ave. Richmond, Virginia 23231 Hosted By: Mothers Out Front Hampton Roads, York River Group Sierra Club, Virginia Beach Chapter of Surfrider Foundation, Oceana, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, Virginia League of Conservation Voters, Lynnhaven River Now, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and the Southern Environmental Law Center. Jacksonville, North Carolina Wednesday February 21st at 6:30pm Onslow County Public Library 58 Doris Avenue East Jacksonville, NC 28540 Hosted by: White Oak-New Riverkeeper Alliance, Coastal Carolina River Watch, Environment NC, Oceana, and Croatan Sierra Club Group.  Palm Beach, Florida Thursday February 22nd at 6:00pm The Brewhouse Gallery 720 Park Ave. Lake Park, FL 33403 Hosted by: Surfrider Foundation Palm Beach Chapter. Savannah, Georgia Thursday February 22nd at 6:30pm The Ships of the Sea Museum 41 Martin.Luther King Jr Blvd. Savannah, Georgia 31401 Hosted by: Savannah Riverkeeper & Ogeechee Riverkeeper. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Thursday February 22nd at 7:00pm Beines Center for The Arts 2801 SW 12 St. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312 Hosted by: Surfrider Broward. Encinitas, California Thursday February 22nd 7pm. La Paloma Theatre 471 S Coast Hwy 101 Encinitas, CA 92024 Hosted by: Oceana, Surfrider San Diego, San Diego 350, Coasters Sierra Club, and UNA USA San Diego Chapter. Chapel Hill, North Carolina Thursday February 22nd at 7pm. United Church of Chapel Hill 1321 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Hosted by: 350 Triangle. Pensacola, Florida Saturday February 24th at 7pm Waterboyz Surf Shop 380 N. Ninth Ave. Pensacola, FL 32502 Hosted by: Gulf Restoration Network, and Surfrider Foundation Emerald Coast Chapter. Florence, South Carolina Monday February 26th at 6:30pm. Florence County Library 509 S Dargan St. Florence, SC 29506 Hosted by: Stop Offshore Drilling off the Atlantic. Atlanta, Georgia Monday February 26th at 7:00pm Sweetwater Brewing Company 195 Ottley Dr NE Atlanta, GA 30324 Hosted by: Environment GA, Surfrider Foundation Georgia Chapter, and One Hundred Miles. Morehead City, North Carolina Tuesday February 27th at 6:30pm Carteret County Community College - Joslyn Hall 3505 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557 Hosted by: Crystal Coast Waterkeeper, Citizens Protecting the Atlantic Coast, and Business Alliance Protecting the Atlantic Coast. Panama City, Florida Wednesday February 28th at 6:00pm Amavida Coffee - St. Andrews Cafe 2997 W. 10th St. Panama City, FL 32401 Hosted by: Gulf Restoration Network. Sarasota, Florida Wednesday February 28th at 7:00pm Fogartyville 525 Kumquat Ct. Sarasota, FL 34236 Hosted by: Oceana and Suncoast Waterkeeper. Culver City, California  Wednesday February 28th at 7:00pm Gravlax 12400 W Washington Blvd Culver City, California 90066 Hosted by: Surfrider Foundation Los Angeles. Olympia, Washington Wednesday February 28th at 7:30pm. Puget Sound Estuarium 309 State Ave NE Olympia, WA 98501 Hosted by: Capitol-Olympia Surfrider Chapter. Santa Rosa Beach, Florida Thursday March 1st at 6:00pm Grayton Beer Company 217 Serenoa Rd Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 Hosted by: Gulf Restoration Network, and Surfrider Foundation Emerald Coast Chapter. Virginia Beach, Virginia Thursday March 1st at 6:00pm Virginia Beach Convention Center 1000 19th St. Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Hosted by: Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast, Lynnhaven River Now, and Virginia Green. Tacoma, Washington Thursday March 1st at 6:00pm UW Tacoma, Keystone Building, Carwein Auditorium 1900 Commerce St Tacome, WA 98402 Hosted by: South Sound Surfrider Foundation, UW Tacoma Sustainability Committee and Project Earth. New Bern, North Carolina Thursday March 1st at 6:30pm Trent River Coffee Company 208 Craven St New Bern, NC 28560 Hosted by: Carolina Nature Coalition and Croatan Group of NC Sierra Club. Brunswick, Georgia Saturday March 3rd at 2:00pm The Historic Ritz Theatre 1530 Newcastle St. Brunswick, GA 31520 Hosted by: One Hundred Miles Lewes, Delaware Saturday March 3rd at 3:00pm University of Delaware 700 Pilottown Rd Lewes, Delaware 19711 Hosted by: Surfrider Foundation Delaware Chapter, Assateague Coastal Trust, Delaware Interfaith Power and Light, MERR Institute, and Delaware Sierra Club. Fort Bragg, California Sunday March 4th 2pm (Doors: 1:30pm) North Coast Brewing Co. Taproom & Grill — Sequoia Room 444 North Main St. Fort Bragg, CA 95437 Hosted by: Mendocino Surfrider chapter and Noyo Center for Marine Sciences. Newport News, Virginia Tuesday March 6th at 6:00pm Community Engagement and Resource Center 12448 Warwick Blvd. Newport News, VA 23606 Hosted by: Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Live Fit, SE CARE Coalition, Virginia Civic Engagement Table, and Oceana. Treasure Island, Florida Tuesday March 6th at 7:00pm Sea Dog Brewing Company 9610 Gulf Blvd. Treasure Island, FL 33706 Hosted by: Environment Florida, Oceana, and Suncoast Chapter of Surfrider Foundation. Jacksonville, Florida Wednesday March 7th 7:00pm Sun Ray Cinema 1028 Park St. Jacksonville, FL 32204 Hosted by: Oceana. Key Largo, Florida Thursday March 8th at 7:00pm Murray Nelson Government Center 102050 Overseas Hwy Key Largo, FL 33037 Hosted by: Oceana & Coral Restoration Foundation. Red Bank, New Jersey Thursday March 8th at 7:00pm The Downtown 10 W Front St. Red Bank, NJ 07701 Hosted by: Clean Ocean Action and NY/NJ Baykeeper. St. Augustine, Florida Thursday March 8th 7:00pm The Corazon Cinema & Cafe 36 Granada St, St. Augustine, FL 32084 Hosted by: Friends of the Corazon and Oceana. Southold, New York Thursday March 8th at 7pm. Southold Free Library 53705 Main Rd. Southold, NY 11971 Hosted by: Oceana. Costa Mesa, California Wednesday April 11th at 7pm. Triangle Square Cinemas 1870 Harbor Blvd Costa Mesa, California 92627 Hosted by: Oceana Southern California, Surfrider Foundation Newport Beach Chapter, Surfrider Huntington / Seal Beach Chapter, and Surfrider South Orange County Chapter.  

With generous support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, we are now funding the creation of new work to expand the canon of films available for grassroots groups and NGOs to enhance their programs, extend their reach, and move their missions forward. We are pleased to launch an inaugural Request for Proposals (RFP) for Working Films' Docs in Action Fund.  We're looking for documentaries that illuminate and demonstrate community-centered solutions in response to climate disasters. We will award at least two grants of up to $30,000 each in support of the production of short non-fiction films (up to 30 minutes in length) that can be used to mobilize residents who have been impacted directly, as well as audiences across the United States, to demand “just recovery”. We are defining just recovery as the long-term cultural changes, planning, partnerships, investment, and infrastructure needed to build intersectional models and alternatives for communities hit first and worst by the catastrophic impacts of climate change.   Filmmakers can submit proposals for new work, works-in-progress, or cut-downs of longer-form documentaries. Read the Request for Proposals and Apply!

We're on the lookout for documentaries to incorporate into film-driven organizing campaigns! Working Films is seeking short documentaries to inform and mobilize residents from coast to coast to stop offshore drilling! Submit your film to be a part of Shore Stories.  We're also looking for documentaries focused on the intersections of immigration, climate, and environmental justice for use within the StoryShift initiative. Read more and submit your film.

We will consider shorts, excerpts from feature length films, and multi-platform film projects. Screening rights fees will be paid and we will provide free impact consultation to selected filmmakers and offer peer-to-peer networking and support opportunities. An emphasis will be placed on films that feature personal stories, as well as media made by and about people of color. We will consider works-in-progress if it’s at a strong stage, is reasonably audience-ready, and is short. If you have a work-in-progress, we suggest offering one selection, rather than a full rough cut. Please do not apply if your film is not available for public use.