Grounded Theory: When Evidence Changes the Inquiry is a short academic documentary that follows a fictional qualitative investigation from its first question through coding, comparison, theoretical sampling, saturation, and emergent theory. Rather than simply explaining grounded theory, the film uses documentary storytelling to make the methodology visible—exploring what happens when researchers allow evidence to change the direction of the inquiry itself.
Growth is rarely linear. This film explores why familiar challenges often reappear during periods of change, and how repetition may reflect integration, adaptation, and human development rather than personal regression.