OUR MISSION
Our mission is to bring vital resources to all those who have appeared in or are considering appearing in documentary films. These resources include legal, mental health, counseling, mediation, and mentorship opportunities. We also aim to educate documentary and “based-on-true-life” filmmakers in how to ethically engage with their film participants and characters.
OUR GOALS
- Engage with and advocate for documentary participants, offering them vital resources.
- Assist filmmakers, distributors, financiers, film festival programmers and staff, and marketing and publicity professionals in learning how to better support documentary participants.
- Educate audiences in how to consciously consume documentaries and other styles of film and digital content that is based on “true-life” stories.
OUR BIGGEST GOAL
We aim to create a documentary world where the DPEA stamp on a film, means that the audience can trust that the film’s participants were treated ethically and with care.
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
The film that kicked it all off for us!
A documentary that questions: In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits?
Subject explores the life-altering experience of sharing one’s life on screen through key participants of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square.
Check out all the opportunities to see Subject here!
See what other ground-breaking docs Lady & Bird Films is making here!
A documentary that questions: In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits?
Subject explores the life-altering experience of sharing one’s life on screen through key participants of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square.
Check out all the opportunities to see Subject here!
See what other ground-breaking docs Lady & Bird Films is making here!