The impact of documentary filmmaking: Academics as agents of social and political change

Atakav, Eylem ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5718-5614 (2024) The impact of documentary filmmaking: Academics as agents of social and political change. Academic Quarter, 27. pp. 18-29. ISSN 1904-0008

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Abstract

In this article, I draw on three documentaries I have made (Growing Up Married [2016], Lifeline [2020], and Left Behind [2023]) on different forms of gendered violence. I use these as examples to discuss ways in which films made within academic contexts can inform and influence policy. While doing so I reflect on how I built a network of policy makers and charities and used film as a potentially useful tool for partnership development. I explore how scholars can consider filmmaking as a form of activism while arguing that strategies developed within the frame of creative practice afford us alternative ways of promoting social, cultural and political change. I examine the relationship between academic research and activism and the specific role that filmmaking can play in enhancing/problematising this relationship, and argue that the cultivation of impact (as activism) goes beyond institutional, and funding imperatives.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Media, Language and Communication Studies
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2024 11:30
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2024 01:38
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97413
DOI:	10.54337/academicquarter.i27.8823

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