Building Trust On and Off Camera: Ethical Practices with Film Participants
Trust is the foundation of ethical and effective documentary, participatory, and community-based filmmaking. This workshop by visiting filmmaker Jason Rhee equips filmmakers, media artists, and researchers with practical strategies to build, negotiate, and sustain trust with participants—especially those from marginalized or vulnerable communities. Drawing on the themes of informed consent, accessibility, privacy, and reciprocity, participants will explore how transparent communication and mutual accountability can transform the filmmaker-participant relationship.
The filmmaker will introduce topics and facilitate discussion on power dynamics, long-term relationships, and anonymized case studies where trust broke down, and also provide participants with toolkits such as sample consent forms and checklists for informed consent. Optionally, participants are also welcome to introduce specific trust challenges in their own projects and workshop them with their peers.
Attendees: Notebooks and pens for the workshop will be provided, though participants are welcome to bring their own. We’ll be ordering a pizza to share. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main center after 7:30 pm.
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3568525-0
