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 thrilled to welcome the newest Board members to our growing organization,” said Board Co-Chairs Felix Endara and Kim Pevia. “Ann, Courtney, and Adamu each bring an array of talent, energy, and passion that will support…
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 will fund and curate films to support these efforts and resource workers who are fed up and ready to take action. At a moment when workers are being called ‘essential’ but treated as disposable, and…
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 y recursos para apoyar la organización liderada por comunidades de inmigrantes. ¡Únase a nosotros para esta proyección y conversacion para obtener más información y descubrir qué puede hacer para participar en la lucha por los…
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 and small towns are consistently under-resourced and must exercise everything in their toolbox, and film screenings are a powerful tool for organizers to gather their community and move them to action. Hosting these events is…
WORKING FILMS is seeking an Impact Coordinator and an Organizational and Administrative Coordinator to join our team! The Impact Coordinator will support our programs to help implement film-driven organizing campaigns and other programs that meet the needs of allied organizations and filmmakers. The Organizational and Administrative Coordinator will take on administrative responsibilities and help make sure all of our systems and processes run smoothly. These are both full time (32 hours, 4 days per week) salaried positions, $55,000 annually with a generous benefits package, and opportunities to grow. We strongly…
📢 Announcement! 📢 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 the filmmakers! 🎉 The Cucalorus Works-in-Progress Lab, co-designed and coordinated by Working Films, serves filmmakers making social justice documentaries, with a focus on Black filmmakers. The following documentary films were selected for…
WORKING FILMS is seeking a Communications Lead with a passion for social justice, documentary film, and the power of storytelling to join our team! This position will participate in strategic communications planning and implementation, lead press and media relations, manage Working Films’ website and social media posting, produce our monthly newsletter, and develop compelling organizational collateral. The Communications Lead will also work to support all staff in contributing to and implementing communications strategies that feature inspiring stories of our work. This is a full time (32 hours, 4 days per…
As rural communities across the US are increasingly devastated by the cascading crises of a global pandemic coupled with stronger and more frequent climate disasters, civil discourse about the environmental and public health challenges in non-urban communities has also broken down. A recent study conducted by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke found that “While many rural voters voiced concern about climate change (and particularly its disproportionate impact on rural communities), they were generally reticent to talk about it with their friends and neighbors given the polarization…
Now in its fourth year, Working Films’ Impact Kickstart program has helped underrepresented filmmakers create strategic goals for impact and specific plans to engage future partners, funders, and audiences in meaningful ways. This year, we will be providing $30,000 in impact campaign funding to each recipient, in addition to our in-kind services. Impact Kickstart recipients will use these grants toward the implementation of each film’s impact campaign. In reflection about the evolution of Impact Kickstart, Gerry Leonard, who now leads the program says, “In all of our work, we prioritize…
The history of the prison industrial complex is rooted in slavery and colonization, with an inherent purpose of reinforcing oppressive social and economic injustices. It’s driven by market forces that use surveillance, policing, violence and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social, and political problems. It is exacted by police officers, guards, ICE officers, and others that enforce state violence. Brutality and racism has always been the norm. The system is working how it was designed, and reform measures will always fall short. To illuminate these realities and get to a…
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