ABSTRACT
Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change is a tale of opportunity. The world contains highly talented storytellers, highly principled financiers, and highly motivated activists. Story is fuel for the fire. The substance of story is like the physicality of firewood. Both are beautiful and unique and contain a hidden history. The more fuel we add, the greater it grows. Stories generate emotion; like fires, no two are alike and they can be devastating, as well as illuminating. Once the author made the nail-biting decision in 2013 to resign executive producer position at the NFB, the author started concentrating more heavily on this three-legged stool: Story, Money, Impact. Skilled filmmakers lacking access to resources, mission-driven foundations lacking relationships with strong storytellers, and those working for social change searching for compelling tools to amplify impact. In Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change such gaps will be addressed.
