How to Film in a War Zone
Documentary filmmakers have the opportunity to serve a witnessing function. Through their media they can present to a transnational audience both the visual conditions of war and a personalised narrative of the people…
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The international film festival revolutionising how activism is seen: Mov(i)e Activism
Mov(i)e Activism is a ‘nomadic’ international documentary film festival which aims at showcasing different forms of socio-political activism through film. As a ‘nomadic’ international film festival Mov(i)e Activism…
‘The Silence of Others’: Documentary as Bearing Witness
Filmed over six years, Carracedo and Bahar’s The Silence of Others (2018) is a exemplary resource for filmmakers seeking to use documentary for bearing witness. Silence follows the victims of Spain’s Franco-era…
Mov(i)e Activism: Unlocking the Activist Potential of Film Festivals
Mov(i)e Activism is, in its organisers own words, an ‘International Activist Documentary Film Festival’. Launched in Serbia in 2016, the festival travels around the world screening documentaries by activists from…
Virunga: How a Netflix Documentary Fought an Oil Company
Figure 1. Virunga Promotional Poster – Netflix. The Netflix documentary Virunga (Orlando von Einsiedel, 2014) tells the story of Congo’s national park, Virunga, home to the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas. It…
The Internet’s Own Boy: Activating the Internet Activists
In January of 2013 it made news around the world that prominent US internet freedom activist and programmer Aaron Swartz had committed suicide. At the time of his death- and reportedly responsible for it- 14 federal…
Impact of Stories: ‘He Named Me Malala’ in international campaigns
He Named Me Malala (Davis Guggenheim, 2015) follows the touching story of Malala Yousafzai as she became one of the main figures speaking out for women’s rights to education in Pakistan and her call to action for…
Balancing Immersion with Making Impact in ‘Manufactured Landscapes’
In the 2006 documentary ‘Manufactured Landscapes’, director Jennifer Biachwal uses Edward Burtynsky’s photographs depicting rapid industrialisation to create a provocative window into the volume of waste and…
The sinking of SeaWorld: how Blackfish made an impact
Figure 1 – SeaWorld’s stock price can be seen peaking before Blackfish was released. Its drastic fall can be seen as a result of the impact that Blackfish had on the public [1] Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s film, Blackfish…
Living on One Dollar: How a Campaign to Alleviate Poverty Becomes a Double-Edged Sword
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