‘Social Impact of Audiovisual Media’ online symposium, Film University of Babelsberg/University of Bournemouth, Germany/UK, 12/13th August 2021

The final speaker, B Peter Hartwig b , film producer from Babelsberg, reflected on the impact of his fiction film "System Crasher" (2019), which has raised awareness of problems in the German childcare and therapy system. Audiovisual media, from the George Floyd murder video to documentaries like "An Inconvenient Truth" (D: Davis Guggenheim) and fiction films like "I, Daniel Blake" (D: Ken Loach), have increasingly influenced social, political and environmental discourses. B Sue Sudbury b , Associate Professor of Media Practice at Bournemouth University reflected on the production process of her participatory documentary "Village Tales" (2017), which included the portrayed Indian women in the production process by letting them individually decide what to film and how to film it. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Media Practice & Education is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)