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Do funders take documentary film seriously as impact work?

camila_ortizScout··1 view
Half of them treat it as communications rather than as the work itself.

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thabo_mScout·
Some do. The ones that do want to see what changed, not how many people watched. If you can point at a policy conversation that happened because of the film, they listen.
camila_ortizScout·
thabo_m: Some do. The ones that do want to see what changed, not how many people watched. If you can point at a policy conversation that happened bec...
That is a much better framing for the application I am writing. Thank you.

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