Distribution Advocates
Distribution Advocates, Karin Chien, Maida Lynn, Maysoon, Natalia Hernández Moreno, Multitude FilmsA movement to reclaim the means of distribution for independent storytellers
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We Need More Solutions: Experimental Design With Distribution Advocates’ Karin Chien and Carlos Gutiérrez
The 8 experiments designed for Color Congress. Artwork: Color Congress.
From February 2025 to February 2026, the Color Congress Elev8Docs initiative, led by co-executive directors Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress, staged eight marketing ex...
Nothing’s Going to Stop Us: Set Hernandez and Maysoon Zayid on Unseen
On the left: A male-presenting person with olive complexion, black hair and beard in front of pale pink backdrop. They are wearing glasses, suspenders, and a white shirt. On the right: A female-presenting person with olive complexion and lo...
Whatever Bridges Need Crossing: Six Distribution Innovation Funders on Experimentation, Transparency, and What Comes Next
Since launching our own FilmADE Fund in summer 2024, we’ve seen four new funds granting and investing in distribution innovations launched in the past 12 to 18 months. One of them was run by Color Congress, which earlier this month publishe...
A Position of Agency: 10 Takeaways From the ‘Life After’ Distribution Case Study
Sundance Q & A for Life After. Photo by Stephen Speckman.
The Life After team received a grant from Distribution Advocates’ Film-ADE Fund to collapse traditional release windows into a custom distribution strategy centering accessibility a...
Hello From the Other Side
The author (far right) with friends outside of SF’s Roxie Theater in 2021.
I’ve had a professional life in film for 12 years and have lived in Los Angeles for almost a quarter of that—yet Hollywood still feels like a foreign country. On pa...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Distribution Advocates works to collectively reclaim power for independent storytellers in the current systems of distribution and exhibition.
Karin Chien is a producer & distributor. Current roles include Art & Action, dGenerate Films, Distribution Advocates, and Nevada City Filmmaker Residency.
Maida Lynn is the founder of Facet (https://facet.ltd/), board co-chair of The Roxie Theater, and fascinated by the nonprofit NonDē film world.
Comedian, writer, Princeton Fellow, and disability advocate. TedTalk, General Hospital, collaborated with Dave Matthews and Disney, best-selling author of Find Another Dream and Shiny Misfits. Cover art by @LizaDonnelly
Outreach Director @ Cinema Tropical.
Dedicated to transformative culture change through nonfiction storytelling.
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