About the Project
Synopsis
Best of Intentions Workshop
Our curriculum will be designed to look at both personal and systematic racism within the film/documentary industry. During the workshop we will reflect on our own work and specific ways in which we have misrepresented and reinforced stereotypes of people of color in our films, and strengthened the racial power hierarchy by excluding people of color from decision-making roles and conversations. We will also discuss the history of structural racism in our field, look at the structures that are prevalent today and how we are keeping those structures in place, and what we can do to make change. Throughout this workshop we will look at case studies to help ground our conversations. We will look at some projects that clearly demonstrate problematic practices as well as look at models that provide guidance for how to do this work with accountability and shared power. We plan to keep the number of participants between 8-10, including facilitators, in order to foster an atmosphere for trust building and deep personal work.