Promoting Cultural SelfDetermination

Growing our communications, community, and reach

By applying new outreach strategies to amplify the communities issues, stories, and filmmakers we support in 2022 our net audience growth on social media increased by 1 530% with a 120% increase in engagements, 300% increase in video views, and 740% increase in post link clicks.

A favorite example from our nature connection work introduced online audiences to runners, cyclists, educators, scientists, and changemakers working at the intersection of race environment, history culture and the outdoors The Instagram Reels series, done in collaboration with award-winning Redford Center grantee filmmaker Faith Briggs Rose, features clips from her podcast, THE TRAIL AHEAD, co-hosted by media producer and mountain guide, Addie Thompson.

Committing to an equitable and intersectional future for environmental film

We continue to expand our support for underrepresented storytellers as demonstrated by our 2022 Grantee Cohort, in which 50% of the filmmakers identify as African American, Native Asian, Pacific Islander, Latinx or Multiracial; 25% identify as members of the LQBTQIA+ community; 50% identify as female and 5% as gender non-conforming; and 25% are younger than 35. While progress is underway, we remain committed to continually diversifying the ecosystem of environmental filmmakers.