Documenting Together

Film Fatales collaborated with DOC NYC for an online mixer for filmmakers!

Eager to meet creative collaborators? Excited to share details about your latest passion project? Missing the company of like-minded artists? This event was for you! We began with a group “getting to know you” exercise facilitated by founder of Film Fatales Leah Meyerhoff and DOC NYC Director of Industry and Education Malikkah Rollins, before dividing up into smaller discussion circles for meaningful conversations based on a series of guided prompts. Co-hosted by Film Fatales members CJ Russo (Lady Buds), Dami Rock (Malcolm’s Echo), and Leila Jarman (Voice of the Valley).

This online mixer was accessible with auto captions but was not recorded to create a safe space for participation. It was open to documentary filmmakers of all backgrounds.

Film Fatales is a non profit arts organization which advocates for parity in the film industry and supports an inclusive community of over a thousand feature film and television directors of all marginalized genders. We raise the visibility of marginalized directors and expand the talent pool for decision makers looking to work with underrepresented voices. Together, we can build a more equitable industry for us all.

Doc NYC is an annual documentary film festival in New York City. It is the country’s largest documentary film festival with over 300 films and events and 250 special guests. For the last nine years, DOC NYC has screened the documentary feature that went on to win the Academy Award and 24 of the last 25 Oscar-nominated documentary features.

We invited all participants to fill out this Skill Share Form in advance to build deeper connections. Responses were shared after the mixer. We planned for filmmakers to show up as fully as if we were together in person.