The State of SIE
Introduction
Narrative Film
How Milk captured a watershed LGBT moment in history
Dustin Lance Black
How Spotlight shows detail is everything when highlighting an issue
The power of film to show ordinary people doing extraordinary things
Terry George
How The Day After Tomorrow put climate change on the map
To move and empower people you need a really good story
The Hidden Figures film campaign shows why it’s worth going the extra mile
Why is it a fight for filmmakers to tell the stories that need to be told?
For a film to make a real difference weave social impact into the storytelling
Documentary Film
How an innovative strategy gave Before the Flood a record-breaking audience
Fisher Stevens
Why is uncomfortable viewing frequently the most impactful?
Doc Society works to harness the magic of film, but how?
How Chasing Ice micro-targeted film viewers to affect real change
Why story should always come before entertainment in documentary films
Why imagination is the vital component when it comes to social change
How documentaries can be used to transform information into inspiration
Impact is important but it needs to be quantified to make a difference
Television
The revolution will be televised via public service broadcasting
Why do producers and writers need to keep a finger on the pulse?
Why a show needs to join the public zeitgeist to make a lasting difference
How Will & Grace proved the contact hypothesis of psychological theory
Theater
How The Vagina Monologues demonstrates the power of theatre
Can theater be considered the most essential artform of democracy?
Using the immediacy and intimacy of theatre to champion diversity
How does storytelling hold a mirror up to society?
Emerging Forms
Finding a sense of meaning, purpose, and identity in short form content
Shabnam Mogharabi
Why is less more when it comes to digital short form content?
Is VR the perfect tool to make people feel and connect to an issue?
SIE Agenda
How can storytelling spark people’s inner activist and inspire change?
Why social impact campaigns need the right partners behind them
Far from being a luxury, increased diversity is a business imperative
Dr. Darnell Hunt
Why changing an industry means transforming it from the top down
Can we handle conflict and build sustainable peace through media?
The Bigger Picture
How do stories hold infinite power to inspire social impact?
Ellen Scott
Sean Metzger
Entertainment in its many forms is the great shaper of culture
To create substantial social impact the bigger the idea the better
Natalie Tran
Why convening and collaborating makes for the greatest impact
Delivering social impact with a community rather than for a community
How can filmmakers be empowered to tell the stories that matter?
Kathy Eldon
Focus where the need is greatest and the intervention most strategic
Can equity investing provide effective funding for social impact films?
Are a film’s production values just as important as a compelling story?
Why collaboration is at the heart of social impact entertainment
Built on multiple partnerships an independent film is anything but
Spark Change Summit
Every Spring, the Skoll Center partners with Creative Visions and Participant Media to host the Spark Change Summit – a day-long event featuring panel discussions, pop-up talks, workshops and...
The Feeling Through Experience
The Feeling Through Experience is a fully accessible 90-minute, 3-part event that includes the short film Feeling Through, the first film starring a DeafBlind actor. It is accompanied by a documentary...
SIE Screening Series
The Skoll Center for SIE has partnered with Participant Media to bring to UCLA’s campus, impactful screenings of pre-released social-issue driven projects from Participant accompanied by panel...
Financing Social Impact Entertainment
The Skoll Center for SIE in collaboration with the Producers Guild of America’s Social Impact Entertainment Task Force hosted a “Financing Social Impact Entertainment” event on September 21,...
Representation Matters: The Road Ahead for Asian-American Actors in Film & TV
The Skoll Center in partnership with UCLA’s chapter of APAMSA (Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association) sponsored an intimate conversation with hit Netflix show Kim’s Convenience...
Content with a Conscience: Social Impact Entertainment Across All Platforms
The Skoll Center was a platinum sponsor for the PGA’s Produced By Conference that took place in June, 2019 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA. We sponsored a panel discussion entitled Content...
Lights. Camera. Reaction. Summit
Presented with The Promise Institute at the UCLA School of Law, and the nonprofit arts foundation Creative Armenia, we held Lights. Camera. Reaction. on March 16th 2018 at the UCLA Hammer Museum’s...