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Side profile of Amanda Knox, a white woman with short brown hair. She is wearing a leather jacket. Image from from Ron Blackhurst and Brian McGinn's 2016 film ‘Amanda Knox.’ Courtesy of Netflix.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of August 2, 2021
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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Abebe Bikila is a Black Ethiopian marathoner seen here at the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo. He has black hair, a moustache, and is wearing a black vest. Image from Kon Ichikawa’s ‘Tokyo Olympiad.’ Courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
Screen Time: Week of August 2, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Even if you aren’t a sports enthusiast, chances are that you have been reading...
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A woman in a burqa, her face covered, standing with a child on her lap. There are people walking behind her. Image from Hogir Hirori’s 'Sabaya.' Courtesy of Susan Norget Film Promotion.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 28, 2021
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 image of Betty Carter, a Black female jazz singer. She is smiling, wearing a golden yellow blouse and a headband. From Michelle Parkerson’s “. . . But Then, She’s Betty Carter”. Courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
Screen Time: Week of July 26, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. We start off with a slightly different entry this week. In the light of the...
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Hundreds of undistributed plastic bottles of water lying on the ground in Puerto Rico. Image from “Landfall,” directed by Cecilia Aldarondo. Photo by Pablo Alvarez-Mesa. Courtesy of POV
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 19, 2021
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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Black-and-white image of French feminist filmmaker Carole Roussoupolos, whose films are now streaming on “Another Screen.” In the photo, she is pregnant and is filming using a handheld camera, with people looking on. Courtesy of Another Screen; Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir, Paris.
Screen Time: Week of July 19, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Chris Smith’s cult-favorite documentary American Movie is now streaming on the...
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Profile of Anthony Bourdain, a white man in a jacket, against blue and white stationary airplanes. Still from Morgan Neville’s ‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain.’ Courtesy of Cinetic Media.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 12, 2021
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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Two people sit in front of an audience. The projection behind them reads "ida documentary screening series." From a 2019 IDA Screening Series conversation with 'The Amazing Johnathan Documentary' team.
Why IDA's Documentary Screening Series Is Changing
When the IDA Documentary Screening Series launched eight years ago in place of its annual DocuWeeks™ theatrical showcase, the goal was to present the most critically acclaimed documentaries of the...
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Tennis player Naomi Osaka, an Afro-Japanese female tennis player on a tennis court wearing a multi-colored jacket, and a mask that says “Tamir Rice.” Still from Garrett Bradley’s Netflix series, ‘Naomi Osaka’. Courtesy of Netflix
Screen Time: Week of July 12, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Carole Roussopoulos was the first woman in France to purchase a lightweight Sony...
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A cameraperson wearing a kilt filming a Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong. From Mark Cousins’ ‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey’. Courtesy of Music Box Films.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of July 12, 2021
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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