2024 Storytelling Series

The A-Doc Storytelling Initiative harnesses the talent of our filmmaking membership to advocate for our agency and shape narratives about AANHPI communities. Our 2024 microdocs series Our Stories, Our Voices, launched digitally on May 23, 2024, and showcased how people and communities break through the pull of cynicism and hopelessness around civic engagement to have their voices heard.

This film series emphasized hyperlocal governance, grassroots activism and participation, community movements, creative approaches to civic engagement, and elder and emerging voices in AANHPI communities across the United States. Six filmmakers from the A-Doc community answered our call and created powerful 3-minute shorts that featured inspiring film participants that engaged and revitalized voters, our participation counts, and that disengagement is not an option.

Each filmmaker received $3,000 in production funding, as well as $750 for participation in a funded impact campaign to be conducted in the months leading up to the November 2024 elections, in collaboration with APIAVote and our partner organizations. The cohort received production support from the A-Doc Storytelling Initiative Team (Anuradha Rana, Pallavi Somusetty, Lily Qi, and Impact Producer Kitty Hu), and mentorship from two veteran filmmakers Jessica Q. Chen and Sergio M. Rapu, to further multi-generational alliances, knowledge sharing, and community building.

To arrange a community and/or impact screening please email staff@a-doc.org.