Documentaries make change

It’s not just us. Here’s what a few others have to say….

We must go to our leaders….and demand they give accurate information. Because if the people are armed with the truth… they can achieve anything.

- Mauricio Corihuanca, a tax justice campaigner and Christian Aid partner, Bolivia.

What they say about the power of film….

Cry Freedom achieved more to tell the world about apartheid in South Africa in one year than all my years on Robben Island…

- Nelson Mandela

I reached in one weekend more people than 20 years of taking my slide show from town to town.

- Al Gore on his film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Cinema has an unstoppable power to convince…And I suspect, as the years go by, it will become the only medium with which we can influence the world.

- Robert Fisk, Journalist, Author, from ‘The Age of Warriors’

What they say about us….

I’m fully supportive of what Tipping Point Film Fund is doing. To use the medium of film to move and inspire people to get involved in important social justice issues is critical… we have an opportunity right now… we must make use of that opportunity and momentum and ensure our voices are heard.

- Danny Glover – Actor, Producer and Campaigner.

The need for documentaries that ask hard political questions is greater than ever, as the main TV producers and channels abdicate their responsibility. So many stories to tell, so few make it to the screen. Good luck to Tipping Point Film Fund.

- Ken Loach, Film Director

Having been closely involved with a feature documentary that was very effective in its effort to raise awareness about Palestine, I know how important it is to back film-makers who have stories to share with us – often personal stories which can have both personal and political impact. Tipping Point is giving invaluable support to such projects.

- Jeremy Hardy, Comedian

The Co-operative has three million members and a unique 165 year history of campaigning… we believe that Tipping Point Film Fund can play a unique role in bringing important untold stories to people’s attention, and hope that these films will help mobilise our members and the general public.

- Paul Monaghan, Head of Social Goals and Sustainability at The Co-operative

Tipping Point is crucial to ensure more films like Black Gold continue to made and now is the perfect time for this fund to be launched.

- Nick Francis, Producer/Director – Black Gold.

Tipping Point Film Fund has just launched, with the explicit aim of getting cash to great filmmakers making social/political docs. Why didn’t they invent that five years ago, goddammit?

– Franny Armstrong, Director of The Age of Stupid

So to the really exciting news in doc land which is the launch of the Tipping Point Film Fund, a new UK initiative to crowd-fund documentaries with big ambitions to change things. It aims to unite “campaigning networks, independent film goers and online social networks, through a mix of regular giving, one-off donations and support from major donors” and I hope so much that it takes off. I’m a massive advocate of ‘crowd-funding’ and this is a perfect opportunity to invite people who love documentaries to roll up their sleeves and help make it happen. So, go donate, OK?!

- Charlie Phillips, Sheffield Doc/Fest

I am a part of Tipping Point Film Fund because of its commitment to supporting truly international stories and to getting those stories out through film, to as wide an audience as possible. For me personally these stories reflect the complex set of connections that inextricably link me here in the west to my family in the global south and so too for all of us, all the human family, north south east and west. I believe we all need to have access to these films if we are to recognise each other in the shared stories they tell, and thus be able to move forward with understanding, through the richness and beauty of our shared world.This is important work and now more than ever, we need this.

- Adjoa Andoh – Film, Theatre and TV Actress