In the final episode of this four-part series, our guests chat about the engagement and reach of the Global Environmental Justice (GEJ) Documentaries project on campus. First, Gary Marcuse, filmmaker and Project Director for GEJ, discusses the project’s metrics, such as top users of the platform and the average viewing time of a film. Further, he explains how user data impacts the evolution of GEJ, helping determine new documentary selections and contributing to the initiative to offer short film clips for case studies or examples during instruction. Next, Jason Carbine, Professor of Religious Studies at Whittier College, and Rebecca Overmyer-Velázquez, Professor of Sociology at Whittier College, walk through the real-world and interdisciplinary applications of documentary films, which extend beyond the humanities and social sciences to STEM and public health fields. They also highlight a popular film on the GEJ platform, The True Cost, and why it connects to today’s students.

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