Beyond the Lens: The State of Participant Care in Documentary Film
Care & Safety, Consent, Compensation, Participants, Systemic Issues
Report
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Care & Safety, Consent, Compensation, Participants, Systemic Issues
Report
This report shares Peace is Loud’s findings about the state of participant care throughout the documentary field, as well as possibilities for its future. It doesn’t aim to fully unpack the complexity of documentary participant care, but instead, provides an overview of some of the issues filmmakers are grappling with and posits questions for further consideration. Some of the issues touched upon include consent, compensation, and industry support for participant care. The report includes a list of the organizations leading field-wide interventions to support participant care, as well as organizations that have a broader overall mission like advancing ethics, accountable filmmaking, or mental health support and by doing so, indirectly support participant care.