Doc Distro Lit Review: Report

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The People of Color Documentary Ecosystem: Engines for a New American Narrative

Color Congress released a report in March 2024, detailing their findings from the first two years of collaborating with member organizations, shedding light on their network of documentary film organizations led by people of color and their ideas for helping to diversify the types of stories reaching audiences.
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Nostradamus Report: Paradox of Hope

The 2024 Nostradamus Report identifies a paradoxical sense of hope amid industry upheaval, calling for human-centered innovation and new storytelling strategies to revitalize a film ecosystem under economic and technological strain.
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What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report

Netflix released a comprehensive report of what people watched on the streaming platform, indicating hours viewed and more data, over a six-month period.
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The New Gatekeepers: How Disney, Amazon, and Netflix Will Take Over Media

A detailed report from the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) highlights how three major companies' anticompetitive actions harm consumer prices, writer wages, and media diversity, urging swift antitrust action and policy reforms.
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The Lens Reflected: What Stories & Storytellers Get the Green Light in Documentary’s Streaming Age?

A study by the Center for Media and Social Impact (CMSI) exposes a lack of diversity among documentary filmmakers, emphasizing the dominance of white men and revealing disparities in acknowledging racism, particularly in the representation of BIPOC and women of color across major platforms, including streamers, cable, and public television.
Slide showing the text: "US Film Festivals as a Point of Sale for Documentaries, Preliminary Data Presentation by Distribution Advocates, September 27"

US Film Festivals As a Point of Sale for Documentaries

Distribution Advocates' slideshow explores the link between film festivals and documentary distribution, featuring visuals on acceptance rates, director demographics, funding, and retained rights.
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The State of Journalism on the Documentary Filmmaking Scene

Documentary filmmaking lacks internal standards for accuracy and ethics. As a key resource for public knowledge, documentary film deserves increased journalistic scrutiny, enriched by diverse perspectives, to strengthen both criticism and reporting.

UK Feature Docs – A Study of the Feature Documentary Film Industry

A three-year study of the UK feature-length documentary film industry, the UK Feature Docs project disseminated findings through conferences, events, and publications, including "Keeping It Real: Towards a Documentary Film Policy for the UK" and "Making It Real: A Policy Programme for UK Documentary Film"—as well as the formation of the Documentary Film Council (DFC).