Resources

Global Impact Producers Member Directory‍ ‍
Free, public, searchable listing of impact producers from all over the world.

Documentary Producers Alliance Directory
Free, public, searchable and filterable listing of DPA members.

The Collective Lens Library‍
Peace is Loud's comprehensive library of impact resources for documentary filmmakers.

Global Impact Producers Resource Library
Links to private and public resources in the film impact space.

DOC NYC PRO
Panels and workshops covering documentary distribution, festival strategy and impact topics.

Distribution Days Conference
Free video replays of a conference covering all aspects of indie film distribution.

Brian Newman's Sub-Genre Newsletter‍
Straightforward, in-the-weeds writing on current trends and realities of indie film distribution from an industry veteran.

Distribution Advocates Substack
Newsletter from the movement to reclaim the means of distribution for independent storytellers, including case studies from filmmakers and pieces capturing industry data, trends and advocacy.

Hope for Film ‍
Veteran producer Ted Hope’s perspectives on indie filmmaking's past, present and future.

"Producer Data: The Numbers Don't Lie,” Naomi McDougall Jones & Liz Manashil, Filmmaker Magazine
Revenue data from 104 independent films.

Film Festivals & Filmmaker Sustainability Report‍, Dear Producer and Film Festival Alliance ‍
First-of-its-kind survey on how festivals contribute to filmmakers’ financial sustainability.
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Social Justice Documentary: Designing for Impact, Center for Media & Social Impact
A working paper on evaluation methods for social-issue docs.

Distribution Advocates
Insider stories from the indie film distribution word.

Creative Distribution 101
Nearly 50 episodes exploring alternative, independent and creative methods of distributing indie films, moderated by impact producer Nora Poggi.

No Film School Podcast
Case studies and filmmaker interviews on all things indie film, including distribution.‍

Rough Cut Podcast
Video Consortium’s podcast covering docmakers’ creative processes, including in distribution.