Beyond the Impact Report

What’s Really Needed to Produce and Sustain Social Impact in Documentary Film?

IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS

Centering Co-creation and Communities in Documentary Film and Impact

AND SHE COULD BE NEXT

Going Beyond the Community Screening

PRAY AWAY

Centering Wellness, Valuing Care, and Creating Supportive Spaces

SOFTIE

Overcoming Censorship Pressures to Reach New Audiences and Create Spaces for Important Conversations

El Tema - A different approach to climate documentary and impact work

Spotlighting Storytelling and Social Change

The Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI) is a creative innovation lab and research center that focuses on media for equity and social justice. Our work bridges boundaries between scholars, media producers, social justice organizations, and communication practitioners.

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Documentary & Independent Media

CMSI chronicles the crucial issues facing independent, documentary and public media – as well as the dynamic evolution in the contemporary media era.

Participatory & Civic Media

CMSI investigates and reports on the ways in which media storytelling sets the public agenda, impacts audiences and shapes the future around the pressing social issues of our time.

Entertainment & Popular Culture

At CMSI, we believe that all forms of entertainment have the potential to shape culture. Through our research, we strive to demonstrate the ways in which the media can be a force for public good.

Fair Use Library

CMSI develops tools to better understand how to employ fair use, the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment, under some circumstances.