Credits & Thanks — The State of SIE

Report team

Produced by The Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment at UCLA TFT
Peter Bisanz, Report & Project Director
Laura Herb, Project Manager
Shelby Kovant, Project Coordinator

Consultant
Emily Verellen Strom

Data consultants
Andy Morris, Director of Strategy & Research, GOOD Media Group
Marchela Iahdjian, Project Manager, GOOD Media Group
Navitri Putri Guillaume, Ph.D.
Melody Mohebi, Ph.D.
Holly Seely, M.A. ’19
Natalie R. George, M.A.

Research students
Jane Lee
Rishi Guné
Antonia Thornton
Amanda Hayes
Adriana Santorelli

Dean Teri Schwartz and Peter Bisanz would like to give special thanks to:
Jeff Skoll
David Linde
Lindsey Spindle
Holly Gordon
Bonnie Abaunza
Lynn Hirshfield
Andrew Stewart
Amanda Chen
Eric Esrailian, M.D., M.P.H.
Alan Ladd, Jr.
Bill and Judith Moyers
Patrick J. Flood
Jennifer Sargent-Clark
Jane and Vincent Firth
Ken Sunshine and the Sunshine Sachs team
Marian Koltai-Levine and PMK•BNC
Human After All
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

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Writers
Adrian Pennington
Ann Brady
Ferdinand Simon
Grace Ryan Stewart
Ian Wylie
Jacob Denno
James Liddy
John Dunning
John Pollack
Jonathan Crocker
Jordan Riefe
Joseph Walsh
Kate Hollowood
Laura Kressly
Liz Bennett
Neil Arun
Neon Kelly
Tom Wiggins

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The State of SIE

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Introduction

Teri Schwartz: Welcome note

Peter Bisanz: The State of Social Impact Entertainment (SIE) introduction

Narrative Film

How Milk captured a watershed LGBT moment in history

How Spotlight shows detail is everything when highlighting an issue

The power of film to show ordinary people doing extraordinary things

How The Day After Tomorrow put climate change on the map

To move and empower people you need a really good story

The Hidden Figures film campaign shows why it’s worth going the extra mile

Why is it a fight for filmmakers to tell the stories that need to be told?

For a film to make a real difference weave social impact into the storytelling

Documentary Film

How an innovative strategy gave Before the Flood a record-breaking audience

Why is uncomfortable viewing frequently the most impactful?

Doc Society works to harness the magic of film, but how?

How Chasing Ice micro-targeted film viewers to affect real change

Why story should always come before entertainment in documentary films

Why imagination is the vital component when it comes to social change

How documentaries can be used to transform information into inspiration

Impact is important but it needs to be quantified to make a difference

Television

The revolution will be televised via public service broadcasting

Why do producers and writers need to keep a finger on the pulse?

Why a show needs to join the public zeitgeist to make a lasting difference

How Will & Grace proved the contact hypothesis of psychological theory

Theater

How The Vagina Monologues demonstrates the power of theatre

Can theater be considered the most essential artform of democracy?

Using the immediacy and intimacy of theatre to champion diversity

How does storytelling hold a mirror up to society?

Emerging Forms

Finding a sense of meaning, purpose, and identity in short form content

Why is less more when it comes to digital short form content?

Is VR the perfect tool to make people feel and connect to an issue?

SIE Agenda

How can storytelling spark people’s inner activist and inspire change?

Why social impact campaigns need the right partners behind them

Far from being a luxury, increased diversity is a business imperative

Why changing an industry means transforming it from the top down

Can we handle conflict and build sustainable peace through media?

The Bigger Picture

How do stories hold infinite power to inspire social impact?

Entertainment in its many forms is the great shaper of culture

To create substantial social impact the bigger the idea the better

Why convening and collaborating makes for the greatest impact

Delivering social impact with a community rather than for a community

How can filmmakers be empowered to tell the stories that matter?

Focus where the need is greatest and the intervention most strategic

Can equity investing provide effective funding for social impact films?

Are a film’s production values just as important as a compelling story?

Why collaboration is at the heart of social impact entertainment

Built on multiple partnerships an independent film is anything but

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