PERSPECTIVES How Documentaries Find Their Audience

With the success of streaming, true-crime, and constant content, more documentaries are being made than ever before, but with public broadcasters pulling back and theatrical windows closing, the infrastructure that once carried these films to their audience hasn’t been rebuilt to reflect the new landscape. Join us for a conversation between a documentarian, a curator whose Instagram feed reaches more documentary lovers than several major broadcasters combined, and a researcher mapping the gap between them as they sit down to ask: how do films find their audiences now, and who's left doing the work of pointing people toward the stories that matter?