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Engaging the Audience: Documentary Outreach Today

by Dan Schoenbrun on October 25, 2010 in Film Podcasts

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Filmmaker Conference 2009 – Documentary Outreach Today

Whether it is new media, grassroots outreach, or social networking – filmmakers are utilizing a multitude of resources to market their documentaries to audiences in unique and memorable ways. How can you use these creative methods to achieve awareness to the broadest audience possible – and still stay on budget? Learn from filmmaker trailblazers who are shaking up the old model of marketing and creating impressive results.

Moderator
Diana Barrett, Founder – The Fledgling Fund

Panelist:
Fisher Stevens, Producer – The Cove
Thomas Allen Harris, Director – Through A Len Darkly
Nevette Previd, Outreach Consultant – Previd Consulting
Abby Disney, Producer
Eliza Licht, Director Community Engagement and Education – POV

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Dan Schoenbrun

Dan Schoenbrun is the Content & Operations Manager at IFP and the Assistant Editor of Filmmaker Magazine. He enjoys sketch comedy, good TV, and 90s indie rock.

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