Dear Community, I had prepared a different column for you, but post election, everything is different. This nation is as divided as it can be. We've
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Editor's Note: Some of the greatest documentaries of all time would be inconceivable without their protagonists to drive the stories and keep us
Dear Readers, The first Getting Real conference in 2014 bore all the resonance and impact of a stunning first film. Billed as a filmmaker-to-filmmaker
Dear IDA Community, As we have been working these past few months to prepare for the biennial Getting Real ’16 documentary conference, I’ve been
I first saw Marlon Riggs' documentary Tongues Untied in 1990 as a young staff producer at WNET/Thirteen. I had been asked to organize a New York-San
I teach film history to production students. Why do they come to class? It’s required, that's why. Otherwise they would be off experimenting with our
Over the last quarter-century, Kirsten Johnson has lensed some of the most challenging and impactful documentaries of our time, ranging from Laura
" Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth … The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies."- Pablo
It was the spring of 1988. I was living in Boston, working as a first-time producer on the epic documentary series Eyes on the Prize. I heard about a
Dear IDA Community, Like most people, I have been gripped by politics this year. Having recently been naturalized as an American citizen, I get to