From Reflection to Release: Framework for Values, Ethics, and Accountability in Nonfiction Filmmaking

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the release of DAWG’s Framework for Values, Ethics, and Accountability in Nonfiction Filmmaking on September 21, 2022!

Please fill out the form below to receive the downloadable PDF of the “From Reflection to Release: Framework for Values, Ethics, and Accountability.” After submitting, you will be directed to the page to download your copy in English and/or Spanish.


This Framework is endorsed by:

  • Agora Journalism Center, University of Oregon

  • Alliance for Media Arts + Culture

  • Andrés Cediel, Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley

  • BAVC

  • Black Public Media

  • Camilla Hall, Director of SUBJECT

  • Detroit Narrative Agency

  • Double Exposure Film Festival

  • Giovanna Chesler (they/them), Professor of Film and Video Studies at George Mason University

  • Jennifer Tiexiera, Director of SUBJECT

  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

  • Kartemquin Films

  • Kendeda Fund

  • Margie Ratliff

  • Peace is Loud

  • Perspective Fund

  • Points North Institute

  • Redford Center

  • Re-Present Media

  • Robeson Taj P. Frazier, Ph.D. (he/him/his), Associate Professor & Director of Doctoral Studies, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California

  • Southern Documentary Fund

  • University Film and Video Association

  • NeXt Doc

  • Working Films