Presented in association with Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, The Good Pitch @ Silverdocs is aimed at directors and producers of any nationality eager to work in partnership to harness the power of documentary to create positive change. Eight inspiring film projects that tackle important global and national issues will be presented to a group of experts from charities, foundations, advertising agencies, and public and commercial media interests. The goal is to form powerful alliances around groundbreaking films.

Moderator: Jess Search, chief executive, Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation

The Good Pitch Finalists: Click Here click-here for Detailed Descriptions

A WHOLE LOTT MORE
Director, Victor Buhler

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
Director, Macky Alston

HIGHER GROUND
Director, Jon Shenk

THE HOUSE THAT HERMAN BUILT
Director, Angad Bhalla

DEAR MANDELA
Directors, Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza

THE INTERRUPTERS

Producer–Director, Steve James

Producer–Writer, Alex Kotlowitz


HELL & BACK AGAIN
Director, Danfung Dennis

$H*T!
Director, Annika Gustafson

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

1Sky, ACLU, Africa Action, AIR, Al Jazeera, Alliance of Concerned Men Alliance to End Hunger, America's Voice, American Association of People with Disabilities, American Bar Association, American Experience, American Red Cross, Americans for the Arts - Animating Democracy, Amnesty International, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Arabella, Philanthropic Investment Advisors, The Arc, The Arca Foundation, Ashoka, Association of Small Foundations, Atlas Corps, Auburn Theological Seminary, Avaaz, Babelgum, BAVC Producer's Institute for New Media Technologies, Becky's Fund, Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation Best Buddies (VA), The B.W. Bastian Foundation, CARE, Center for American Progress, Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Social Media, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Citizen Effect, Columbia Business School Enterprise Program, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, The Creative Coalition, Creative Commons, CrossCurrents Foundation, The Davis Group, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS), Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University, Facing History and Ourselves, Fenton Communications, Fired Up Media/Earth Island Institute, The Fledgling Fund, The Ford Foundation, Friends of the Congo, Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, Green For All, Greenpeace, Gulf Coast Fund, Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Watch, I.D. and Military Channel, IFP, Impact Arts + Film Fund, Impact Partners, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America ITVS, Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic (LTFHC), LINK TV, The Loreen Arbus Foundation, The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Metropolitan DC AFL-CIO/DC Labor Film Festival, MHz Networks, Mobile Commons, Mobilize.org, Naked Edge Films, NAACP, Nation Institute, National Economic & Social Rights Initiative, The National Endowment for the Arts, The National Gallery of Art, National Geographic Entertainment, National Human Services Assembly, New Media Ventures, The Monument Music & Arts Festival, ro*co films international, PBS, PIC.tv, Planet Green, POV, Progressive Book Club, PSI, Razoo, ReUseConnection, Safe Streets Arts Foundation, SEIU Sentencing Project, ServiceNation, SnagFilms, Solitary Watch, Sundance Channel, The Sunlight Foundation, The Task Force, Tribeca Film Institute, Tribeca Gucci Documentary Fund, UNEP, UNHCR, UN Foundation, United Nations Information Center, The Urban Institute, USO - United Service Organization, Urban Media Solutions, Virginia Film Festival, Wallace Global Fund, Washington Life Magazine, Water Advocates, WITNESS, The World Bank, World Organization for Human Rights USA