Award
2020
Media Arts Educator Award
MY HERO recognized Aubrie and Robin Canfield and Actuality Abroad at its 2020 International Film Festival. The post covers how the company began in 2010 as Actuality Media, and how crews learn nonfiction storytelling by working alongside local changemakers.
Read the MY HERO postInterviews with our directors
C.M. Rubin talks with the directors and crew behind our films in The Global Search for Education, her column on CMRubinWorld.com. Every film below is by Actuality Abroad and curated on Planet Classroom. 31 interviews, newest first.
20268 interviews
- Rompiendo El CicloAria Zapata, Director
- Personas de PixanAssétou Xango, Director
- RefugeAubrie Campbell Canfield, Director
- The Happiness ShopBrianna Avnell, Director
- Thank You For TodayChristian Bojidar Mueller, Director
- Pedal It ForwardJ. Cole Gerke, Director
- Hearing & BeyondJaime Torres, Director
- Taking FlightWill Chehab, Director
20257 interviews
- Mama CHIA: Love, Hope, and Education in VietnamAmelia Purvis, Director
- Dirt Court DreamsCassandra Heikkila and Daniel Karnafel, Director and producer
- The Giving TreeDominique Salalila, Director and editor
- Our Theater, Our HomeFaysal Farah, Director
- Fabric of ChangeJennine Terra Rybicki, Director
- Permanent CultureLevi Stroud, Director
- SOLS Solution: Education That Empowers LivesLogan Cassidy and Arielle Flinkman, Director and cinematographer
20248 interviews
- Café ArmoníaAria Zapata, Director
- KipawaCristian Perez-Lopez, Editor
- Uma: Make It LastJeremy Bates, Director
- HopeKathleen Duke, Director
- Root of LifeLaura Nguyen, Director
- Un Futuro Vivo (A Living Future)Natalie Sipes, Director
- One Story at a TimeNathan Legger, Director
- Waste Management Education ProjectNikki Hausherr, Director
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Festivals and awards
Guest blogs.
- 2012 Innovation Award FinalistsCSRwire press release 2012
- Video: Hayti Heritage Film FestivalUNC-TV, archived copy
- Enzian's Brouhaha: Local filmmakers starOrlando Sentinel 2016
- Guest Blogger: Robin CanfieldShow Me Justice Film Festival 2016
- Guest Blogger: Audrey FancherShow Me Justice Film Festival 2016
Podcasts and campus coverage
Conversations about the work.
- Calvin student raises awareness with award-winning documentaryCalvin Chimes 2024
- Calvin Chimes campus post about Maggie AmbroseInstagram, @calvinchimes
- Taking Flight reelInstagram, @chisocialchange
- Ep. 1020: Filmmaker Will Chehab (Taking Flight)The Film Podcast by WildSound 2023
- Filmmaker Will Chehab (Taking Flight)Matthew Toffolo 2023
- Why Documentary Subjects Freeze on CameraDocumentary First
- Creating Impactful Documentaries with Robin CanfieldSerpositivity, YouTube
- EP211 Robin Canfield, Co-Founder and Director of Actuality AbroadTV Matters, Spotify
Traveler voices
Students and travelers writing about their own crews, from Guatemala and Morocco to Kenya, Ecuador and Costa Rica.
- Pondering the Question of Ethical PhotographyPink Pangea 2016
- Capturing the Life of a Young Guatemalan Woman on CameraPink Pangea 2015
- When Sh*t Hits the Fan: Making Your First Documentary in MoroccoFilmUp blog, archived copy
- Student sees Guatemala through filmThe Linfield Review
- Luci's HouseLivvy Runyon, archived copy
- I went to Ecuador and made a DocumentaryKate Nickels, Media Factory 2014
- Actuality Media Outreach to Kisumu, KenyaFTV Birmingham 2015
- Film, faces, and outback spaces: interview with Alice StephensLIP Magazine
- Ecuador: University of Tampa videoYouTube
- Our Daughters For Sale (Tiffany Wong)Social Active 2013
- What will happen to the Caribbean? To the Black people?Power to Panama 2012
- MFA Student Eric Barstow Directs Short Doc on Costa Ricans' Fight to Save Their HomeCDS Porch, archived copy
- Filming in the northern hilltribes with Actuality MediaFlickr, COSA Asia
- Learning about social enterprise, Actuality Media postsWordPress blog
- Marathon in the MountainsSocial Earth, archived copy
- Oberlin Blogs: Horizons and LandingAriel Roberts, Oberlin College 2024
Press and profiles
Articles, profiles and program write-ups from universities and publications.
- Make Movies. Change the World.University of Tampa News, archived copy
- Documenting Life in EcuadorUniversity of Tampa News, archived copy
- Practicing art, showcasing changePamplin Media, Oregon, archived copy
- Documentary Films for Change with Actuality MediaPrana Writes, archived copy 2016
- Good Profile: Aubrie Campbell (Actuality Media)Good Generation, archived copy 2012
- Robin Canfield: Students Making Movies to Change the WorldHuffPost
- On Location: Study Abroad Filmmaking for a CauseGet In Media, archived copy
- Changemakers in Film: Actuality MediaLBRB Productions, archived copy 2011
- Social Entrepreneurship Filmmakers: Actuality Media Create Philanthropic Videos About ChangemakersTrend Hunter
- Students Travel and Make a Difference With Actuality MediaChangestream Media 2012
- Actuality Docs, Casa de los Tres Mundos, 7PMVida Granada, archived copy 2013
- Actuality MediaColorado Film School blog 2011
- Actuality Media by Bayleigh JanusikPrezi
Earlier listings
Event notices and listings from partner schools and organizations, mostly from the early years. Some of these pages may have moved.
- Connect with your fellow Idealists!Idealist blog, archived copy
- Tomorrow: Actuality Media and Study Abroad Programs for Documentary FilmmakersFull Sail blog, archived copy
- Communication Week 2011University of Miami School of Communication, archived copy 2011
- Facebook photoFacebook
Links open the original pages on other sites.