About the Fellowship
The E2AC-U Social Impact Film Fellowship pairs small teams of student filmmakers with under-resourced nonprofits to produce a social impact film.
Over one academic year, your team will research, produce, edit, and publicly screen a short documentary in partnership with a nonprofit in your local community, guided by an industry mentor and a curriculum built specifically for this work.
You're joining a national network of fellows on campuses across the country all working toward the same goal: using story to move people toward awareness, connection, and action.
Every fellowship year centers on a single social issue, studied deeply enough that fellows can tell a specific, honest story instead of a generic one.
This year, that issue is food insecurity not just hunger, but the wages, housing instability, transportation gaps, and policy failures that sit underneath it, and the organizations working every day to close that gap.
How the Year Works
Program Guide
Weeks 1-12: Story Development & Production
You'll meet your nonprofit partner, research the issue and the organization, pitch a story direction, and move into production: interviews, b-roll, and any events, wrapped by the end of the semester.
Spring: Editing, Screening & Impact Campaign
You'll build the film from the ground up in the edit (paper edit, assembly, rough cut, fine cut, final cut) while planning a community screening and impact campaign designed to extend the film's reach.