Filmmakers
Ready to expand your impact?
Working with Journeys in Film can help you expand the social impact and educational reach of your film for a broad range of audiences.
✅ Inspire viewers.
✅ Engage new audiences.
✅ Extend your film’s reach.
How Does It Work
A pioneer in cross-media education since 2003, Journeys in Film is the leading creator of educational resources for narrative and documentary films.
1️⃣ We partner with premier filmmakers to expand the social impact of their films to a broad range of educational audiences.
2️⃣ We create customized educational resources for social impact films that spark community discussions and promote proactive learning.
3️⃣ We engage subject matter experts, expert cultural consultants and sensitivity readers on a project-by-project basis.
4️⃣ We work with top-tier translators to create translated editions of our materials on request in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and other languages.
5️⃣ We add accessibility features to all of our materials to support screenreaders for the visually impaired.
6️⃣ We leverage our established educational relationships to promote materials in active outreach to educators, homeschoolers, parents, and more.
7️⃣ We extend the reach, lifespan and impact of films in the educational marketplace and beyond. 🚀
What We Can Create For You
📗 Curriculum Guides: Collections of classroom-ready lesson plans and supporting resources. These are aligned with US Common Core standards, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and/or other relevant educational standards.
📘 Discussion Guides: Thoughtful questions and supporting resources to dig deeper into the subjects and themes of a film and expand understanding. These flexible guides can be used in classrooms or community groups. They can feature book connections for cross-media education.
📙 Learning Guides: A combination of discussion questions, extension activities, and supporting resources. These guides are adaptable to various settings and are custom designed to align with filmmaker impact goals.
📕 Custom Resources: We work with filmmakers and organizations to create exactly what you need. Our customized materials have been used to lead trainings for staff at large NGOs and in other settings. We’ve worked with clients like Independent Lens for their community programming. We also create materials for museums and higher education.
Who We Reach — and How We Do It
📢 We get your film in front of new audiences that will understand the value of your work.
🤝 Direct Outreach To Educators
- We promote our resources through our newsletter and social media channels to educators around the world.
- We create teacher professional development workshops in partnership with organizations like Harvard X Media Lab, the Library of Congress and Share My Lesson.
- We partner with leading online hubs for educators and media librarians, including Edutopia, Share My Lesson and Video Librarian, which reach millions of teachers.
🎤 Events and Conferences
- We participate in leading national conferences with organizations like the American Federation of Teachers, the American Librarian Association and SXSW EDU.
- We partner for events with professional organizations like American Heart Association and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration.
⭐ Customized Solutions
- We can create customized outreach plans to support your film’s impact goals and target your audiences of interest.
Where to Learn More
🔍 Want more information about partnering with Journeys in Film? Download our slide deck.
How to Get Started
🚀 Ready to explore how we can help you harness the storytelling power of your film? Email us at in**@************lm.org.
