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Educator

I want to use film as a teaching tool.

Welcome to our community! MediaRights supports your efforts to educate your students and community about important social issues. If you want to use films to teach and inspire action, you've come to the right place!

Find films. Looking for media to enhance your curricula? Our documentary and shorts database has over 6,000 films on the most pressing issues of the day. Search by topic and buy or rent films online. Check out the Media That Matters Film Festival for the best in independent social-issue shorts.

Use films effectively. Wondering how to best integrate documentaries and shorts into your lesson plans? Learn by example: MediaRights News features the latest success stories from cutting-edge filmmakers, activists and educators. Improve your screenings and teach media literacy. Download our free Media That Matters Film Festival Teacher's Guide.

Promote youth media. Do you help young people produce their own film, video, radio or new media projects? Encourage them to think about audience, impact, copyright and other outreach imperatives through the Youth Media Distribution Instructors' Toolkit. Hosted on our Youth Media Distribution site, this free guide will enable your students to make an impact with their media.

Let us do the work. Every year MediaRights distributes a collection of sixteen inspiring shorts through the Media That Matters Film Festival, reaching millions through online streaming, national TV broadcasts, community screenings and DVD distribution. Buy the DVD and host your own screening -- we'll provide everything you need including a free Teacher's Guide packed with activities and discussion questions. Invite a MediaRights staff person to organize a screening, panel or workshop tailormade for your school, library or media center.

Get started. Become a member to get our monthly newsletter and list your school or library!

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Educator Resources: Quick Links

Funding
Foundation Center
The Grantsmanship Center

Media Literacy
Alliance for a Media Literate America
Action Coalition for Media Education

Curricula
Youth Media Distribution Instructors Toolkit
Media That Matters Film Festival Teacher's Guides

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