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Two colleagues, a transgender woman and a non-binary person, laughing in a meeting at work. Photo taken by Zackary Drucker. Courtsey of The Gender Spectrum Collection.
Four Ways To Be A Better Trans Ally in your Documentary Filmmaking
By KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR and HANSEN BURSIC Strong, meaningful allyship is one of the most powerful tools we have to change our industry for the better. Over the last few months, an important discussion...
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Headshot of a Mohawk woman with medium skin tone, brown hair worn up, wearing a black shirt and a pink beaded floral necklace
IDA Member Spotlight: Katsitsionni Fox
Katsitsionni Fox is an artist, filmmaker and educator. She is Bear Clan from the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne. Her debut film was the award-winning Ohero:kon—Under the Husk, a 26-minute documentary that...
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Meera and Shyamkali are two South Asian journalists looking at filmed footage on a cellphone. From Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s ‘Writing With Fire.’ Courtesy of Music Box Films
Essential Doc Reads: Week of November 8, 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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Brothers John and Art Cullen are two white men standing in a printing press, reviewing a hot-off-the-presses copy of 'The Storm Lake Times.' Image from Beth Levison and Jerry Risius’ ‘Storm Lake.’ Courtesy of 'Independent Lens'/PBS.
Screen Time: Week of November 8, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. It’s Noirvember! Kick off your celebrations with the " Film Noir" episode of PBS...
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A masked Black woman funeral worker at a funeral at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans. She is standing next to a casket. From the 'Frontline' documentary ‘Death Is Our Business,’ directed by Jacqueline Olive. Courtesy of PBS Frontline.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of November 1, 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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Monica Del Carmen is a Mexican woman dressed as a cop sitting in a police car. From Alonso Ruizpalacios’ ‘A Cop Movie.’ Courtesy of Netflix.
Screen Time: Week of November 1, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. The National Film Board of Canada’s annual American Indian Film Festival is back...
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An image of a pair of eyes displayed on a screen atop a skyscraper. From Todd Chandler’s 'Bulletproof.' Courtesy of Grasshopper Film.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of October 25, 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 a young Black girl listening to the radio with her eyes closed. From Garrett Bradley’s ‘America.’ Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Screen Time: Week of October, 25 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. It’s the season for scary movies! Even as real life continues to be scarier than...
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Allison Hanes, a woman with light skin and long black hair, sits in a small boat on a river. An older man with brown skin and dark hair sits behind her. Image courtesy of Hanes.
IDA Member Spotlight: Allison Carden Hanes
Allison Carden Hanes is a primatologist and an environmental filmmaker. Her work focuses on human-wildlife conflict, community-based conservation, ecotourism, deforestation, and Indigenous rights. Her...
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Filipino-American musician Arnel Pineda performing in a concert. He is wearing a black shirt and leather pants. Image from Ramona Diaz’s ‘Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey.’ Courtesy of Amazon Prime.
Screen Time: Week of October 18, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. October is Filipino American History Month. Here at IDA we’re forever in awe of...
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