A Different Ending: When Documentary filmmaking and Non-Profit Messaging Conflict – Amy Benson and Scott Squire

Scott Squire and Amy Benson, a married documentary team, traveled to Nepal to make promotional piece for an NGO that provides scholarships for girls to go to school. When tragedy befell one of the girls’ they filmed, they were compelled to unearth the deeper story—one that was at odds with the NGO’s messaging. What is the media maker’s responsibility when the story they find is not what they were sent to document?
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Presentation from the 2016 Blue Earth Alliance Collaborations for Cause conference in Seattle Washington at the Seattle Public Library. Learn more: www.blueearth.org