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The documentary and IDA are on an important threshold. The docu­mentary form is in the forefront of more minds, on more television sets, in more

Talking with Toni Treadway recently, about her article to appear in this issue, really got my mind stirring. Toni's a thinker, a wanderer, who likes

Dear IDA Members, I've recently returned from the Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM), which I attended with my documentary Breaking Up. Since many

It's that time of year again, when the IDA celebrates the outstanding documen­taries of the past year, as well as saluting individuals and

Dear Readers: I'm thinking about Charles Foster Kane's "Declaration of Principles" when he takes over the Inquirer. "You don't wanna make any promises

Dear Members, It's been a busy summer for me, the IDA, and documentarians everywhere. I just got back from the Republican National Convention in San

In the beginning, there was the documentary, the cinematographic evangelist. Argentinean cinema did not escape this origin. The Lumière brothers'

Dear Members, By now, many of you have probably read Peter Nichols' recent article in the New York Times, titled "Smile When You Say Documentary." The

Dear Members, The following is the first in a series of dispatches on the state of the documentary from lDA members around the world. News from Russia

Dear Members, The IDA's executive director, Betsy McLane, has been bending my ear about a shocking problem. I'd heard about it for years, but didn't