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A cartoon of Uncle Sam holding a Vietnamese soldier between chopsticks. From Emile de Antonio’s ‘In the Year of the Pig.’ Courtesy of Amazon.
Screen Time: Week of April 4, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. We have been spending this awards season celebrating the talent and genius of...
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IDA Names its Top 4 IDAs
The International Documentary Association turned 40 this year which is a huge milestone for our organization. As you can imagine, over the last four decades, we have seen many organizations come and...
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An introduction to the IDA Board
By GRACE LEE, Chris Pérez, Amir Shahkhalili AND Marcia Smith Dear IDA Community, We are taking this opportunity to introduce ourselves to you as the new Executive Committee of the IDA Board of...
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Tsanavi Spoonhunter is a Northern Paiute and Northern Arapaho woman with long, curly dark brown hair and eyes smiling into the camera.
IDA Member Spotlight: Tsanavi Spoonhunter
Tsanavi Spoonhunter was born and raised in Payahuunadü—the homelands of her Paiute people in central California—and is a proud citizen of the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Her ancestry and upbringing in...
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Shaista is a young Afghan man singing and dancing along with two other male friends in a refugee camp in Kabul. From Elizabeth and Gulistan Mirzaei’s Oscar-nominated short, ‘Three Songs for Benazir.’Courtesy of Netflix.
Essential Documentary Reads: Week of March 14, 2022
Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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Lusia Harris, a Black woman with short black hair, wearing wearing several Olympic medals. A still from Ben Proudfoot's 'The Queen of Basketball'. Courtesy of NY Times Op-Docs
Documentaries to Watch During March Madness
It's that time of year again when brackets are set and bets are made. March Madness is the peak of the college basketball season here in the US and is one the highest profile college sports leagues in...
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Introducing IDA's Official Accessibility Partner, Rev
IDA is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Rev as our official accessibility partner! Rev provides an array of services for documentary filmmakers including captions, transcripts, and...
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A child stands in front of artist Aves Aras’ multi-colored art installation made of paper and glue. From Craig and Brent Renaud’s ‘State of the Art.’ Photo by Thomas Willis. Courtesy of PBS.
Screen Time: Week of March 14, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. It’s been a heartbreaking week for the documentary world, as we suffered the...
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Volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft are a white couple seen here wearing blue jackets, against volcanoes emitting smoke. From Sara Dosa’s ‘Fire of Love.’ Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 7, 2022
Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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An animated bird's-eye view through a tree of a family. Still from Amy Bench's 'More Than I Remember'. Courtesy of Amy Bench
IDA-Supported Documentaries at SXSW 2022
It is an exciting year at SXSW, and not just because they return in person. There are so many IDA-supported documentaries at this year's festival, ranging from transformative stories of mothers...
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