$37M+ across 20+ films. The playbook is free.
Books are saturated. Social is dying. Podcasts are noise. Three founders built a system across 20+ documentary films. This is the 43-page playbook, free.
A 90-minute live masterclass with all three co-founders. You’ll walk away with your archetype, your thesis, and the spine of your film. Save your seat and we’ll send you our 43-page playbook instantly: industry data, two real case studies ($37M+ combined), hard-won lessons from Patrick, Amish, and Yanik, and seven fill-in worksheets to bring with you.
A Free Playbook from Soul2Screen
The Documentary Authority Playbook
Why The Next Decade of Thought Leadership Will Be Won On Screen, And How To Stake Your Claim
43 Pages · 7 Worksheets · 3 Founder Voices
Bring the completed worksheets to the live masterclass.
Built on 20+ documentary films & $37M+ in combined revenue
What’s Inside
Built to change how you think about authority.
Why documentary is the new book
The data behind the migration. Book sales declining, documentary viewing surging on every major streamer, and the $5.35B to $9.59B market opening underneath all of it.
The 3 documentary archetypes
Paradigm, Person, Process: the three doors any thought leader, doctor, founder, or product owner can walk through to find their film. With examples and the common failure mode of each.
Two case studies that did $37M+ combined
The exact launch architecture behind a niche-audience documentary empire ($35M+) and a single film that triggered a 6-figure book deal (The Natural Law).
Hard-won lessons from all 3 founders
Patrick on 18 launches at Revealed Films. Amish on the Inverse Book Deal mechanic. Yanik on 70,000+ affiliates and audience-driven launches. Three distinct voices, one framework.
Seven fill-in worksheets
Your Thesis, Three Acts, Five Key Moments, Cast, Audience Avatar, Authority Stack, and a Pre-Masterclass Checklist. Show up to the live session with the spine of your film already drafted.
A year-from-now vision + FAQ
What concretely changes 12 months past launch (book deal, keynotes, inbound, compounding authority), plus the 8 doubts we hear most often, answered honestly.
A taste of what’s inside
The data. The model. The map.
Global Documentary Market Size, 2024-2035
Source: Grand View Research, Documentary Films Market Analysis 2024-2035
The Three Documentary Archetypes
PARADIGM
A film about a new thought or understanding
PERSON
A film about an expert
PROCESS
A film about a product or method
The Documentary Authority Model™
How a film becomes the engine.
SOUL
Surface what your message actually stands for
The piece most programs skip.
SCREEN
Encode that soul into a film built for resonance
Craft. Not entertainment.
SPARK
Turn the film into a flywheel that compounds
Authority, audience, revenue.
SYNERGIZE
Accelerate together with the room that made it possible
Optional in-person Studio Workshop.
The Documentary
AUTHORITY MODEL
apex of the system, not a one-off film
Plus: A Live Masterclass
See the system live.
When you grab the playbook, your seat is reserved for the free 90-minute live masterclass. The three of us walk you through the model, take you inside a live case-study breakdown, and stress-test your worksheets in real time.
What you’ll get
- 90 live minutes with all three founders
- The Archetype Decision Tree, walked through live
- A live breakdown of The Natural Law launch (trailer, email sequence, affiliate engine, inverse book deal)
- The marketing-first production order most filmmakers miss
- Q&A with Patrick, Amish, and Yanik on your worksheets
When & where
- DatesSaturday June 27 · 12 PM PT · Tuesday June 30 · 5 PM PT
- Live90-minute training streamed on Zoom. Bring the playbook with you.
- CostFree. Replay sent to everyone who registers.
- HostsPatrick Gentempo, Amish Shah, and Yanik Silver.
- CohortCharter Members ($2,997, retail $5,200) begin September 1. Rate closes July 1.
The Industry Agrees
“Documentaries truly remain one of the last forms of storytelling that still feels undeniably human. In a world flooded with AI-generated content and constant noise, truth, humanity, and perspective may become the most premium assets of all. We are only in the early stages of this shift.”
The wave is forming. The playbook gets you in front of it.
