This keynote talk was delivered at Getting Real ’22 and was published as part of Documentary’s Winter 2023 issue. To view the video recording, which includes a brief Q&A between Erika Dilday and IDA’s Director of Artist Programs, Abby Sun, click here.
Anyone who wants to make change does not have the luxury of being comfortable. Documentary filmmakers know this better than anyone. Filmmakers go to difficult places, ask difficult questions and even put their lives on the line to deliver to audiences the truths that inform us, enlighten us, and hopefully lead us toward real change. But what else can we do to create real change? And what should that real change be? These are questions I find myself constantly contemplating. I think most questions worth asking should be asked regularly and probed vigorously. The short answer for me to both of these questions is that we can make use of…
