“When people and communities are armed with information, imagination, and the ability to engage with one another, we can change public will, our actions, and impacts.” - Eric Friedenwald-Fishman
Documentaries can arm audiences with information, imagination or an opportunity to engage with the real world in a new way. In this diverse medium, documentarians have different intentions for their work. Some are most interested in the creative journey. Others act as investigative journalists or advocates, revealing information and creating opportunities for an audience to engage with an issue. Some filmmakers explicitly develop a social issue campaign, putting documentarians into journalistic roles, to reveal the truth about the human rights issue, or an advocate’s role, to connect viewers and show how to join efforts towards making a change.
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