Born in Mexico, Almada's directing credits include All Water Has a Perfect Memory, an internationally recognized experimental short, Al Otro Lado, an award-winning feature documentary about immigration and drug trafficking, and El General, her latest feature, which won the U. S. Directing Award: Documentary at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Join us as we honor the best documentaries of the year, with host Ira Glass.
Click here to read all about the already-announced winners in seleect categories, other special honorees, including Errol Morris, Nicolas Noxon, Michael Donaldson and special presenters including composer Philip Glass, The Office’s Rainn Wilson, Food Inc. director Robert Kenner and the Sundance Institute’s Cara Mertes. Current Media’s Laura Ling and Euna Lee will introduce a special tribute to filmmakers and journalists who displayed conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.