Finding Your Compass: Documentary Ethics Workshop
- Date
- Time
- 10 AM – 6 PM ETET
- Location
- 1049 Ponce De Leon Avenue Northeast, Poncey-Highland, Atlanta, Georgia 30306 United States
- Hosts & partners
- Video Consortium
- Source
- Video Consortium
Dec 6 · Saturday · 2025
1049 Ponce De Leon Avenue Northeast, Poncey-Highland
About this event
A two-day interactive workshop invites filmmakers to grapple with the real-world ethical challenges of documentary filmmaking. This event is designed for filmmakers at all stages of their careers and offers concrete tools, resources, and community support to strengthen your filmmaking practice. Do you wonder about what responsibility documentary filmmakers have to their participants throughout the filmmaking process and beyond? Should filmmakers compensate participants? When we use AI to create images, what could go wrong? This interactive workshop invites filmmakers to grapple with the real-world ethical challenges of documentary filmmaking. Together, we will: Explore the nuances of ethical responsibility to film crews and participants (past and present) through disseminating multiple ethical frameworks Discuss and analyze dilemmas from contemporary documentary filmmakers Workshop participants’ own projects in facilitated small groups While documentary ethics rarely offer simple answers, engaging with case studies and peer discussions can offer guidance as you wrestle with dilemmas from your own projects. This event is designed for filmmakers at all stages of their careers and offers concrete tools, resources, and community support to strengthen your filmmaking practice. Saturday, 12/6 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM at Plaza Theatre 2:45 PM - 4:45 PM at The Supermarket 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Happy Hour at Sweet Auburn Sunday, 12/7 10:00 AM - 12:45 PM at Plaza Theatre 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM at The Supermarket Venues: Plaza Theatre - 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 The Supermarket - 638 N Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 Sweet Auburn - 656 N Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
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