Dear Readers, A few weeks from now, the furious spate of political documentaries that has dominated the big and small screens will come to a crescendo
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The quest for freedom and the restraints of race are opposing themes that resonate in almost all of Ken Burns' films, from The Civil War to Baseball

Dear Readers, Twenty years ago, the IDA hosted a group of prestigious filmmakers and members of the documentary community, honoring them with the

Dear IDA Members, What will 2005 bring for the documentary world? I make no predictions, but it does look good. The year 2004 was impressive, no

On the US presidential election...

Dear IDA Members: For the past three years, I've heard, "This is the Year of the Documentary." In a line of great documentaries including The

On the mandated broadcast hour...

Dear Readers, Sports is a category, a section in the newspaper, a livelihood, an obsession. And it's also a genre in the rich world of documentary