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By Áine O'Brien Unlike academic circles where the ‘impact agenda’ has caused a good deal of rancorous (arguably myopic) debate, social documentary filmmaking takes ‘impact’ pretty much for granted. [...]

By Áine O'Brien What a wonderful name for a project that soothes (potential) tensions, misunderstandings and competing expectations for filmmakers and funders! Socially engaged filmmakers interested in documentary as [...]

‘How Democracy Works Now’ reads more like arid political science than a riveting 12-part documentary series on the US Immigration Reform Campaign (2001-2007).

Debates about the ‘value’ of arts and culture become even trickier when you throw ‘diversity’ into the mix.

We were pleased at Counterpoints Arts to have been invited by Picture House to host a Q&A with Guy Davidi, co-director of '5 Broken Cameras' (2011).

Can the web change the nitty gritty of the storytelling process and produce a ‘new genre’ of documentary?

Impact evaluation is increasingly being considered an integral component of the documentary storytelling process.

'Immigrant Nation' invites audiences to contribute their migration stories through online actions while simultaneously steering a KickStarter Campaign.