Changing the Frame: Equity, Empathy, and the Global Documentary Culture

Leonard Cortana, the Inclusion Program and Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC joins Rough Cut, with guest host Keisha Knight, founder of Sentient.Art.Film and Solidarity Media Network, for a wide-ranging conversation on documentary filmmaking, collective care, and the future of global nonfiction storytelling. Leonard reflects on how documentaries can serve as tools for restorative justice, why producers need spaces built on empathy and shared values, and how initiatives like BIPOC EURODOC are challenging the inequities embedded in the international film ecosystem. Together, Keisha and Leonard explore everything from visa inequities and festival culture to burnout, representation, and the radical generosity needed to create a more inclusive documentary ecosystem.

Show Links

EURODOC: https://www.eurodoc-net.com

BIPOC EURODOC: https://www.eurodoc-net.com/bipoc

Solidarity Media Network: https://www.solidaritymedianetwork.org

Credits

Host Keisha Knight

Guest Leonard Cortana

Executive Produced by Sky Dylan-Robbins and Kat Vecchio

Produced by Audrey Horwitz

Music by Zack Wright

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