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Woman of Korean-descent, she has a big smile and blonde hair to her shoulders. She is looking to her right, in the snow at night with a moose sculpture behind her.
IDA Member Spotlight: Sue Kim
Sue Kim is the daughter of Korean immigrants. She was raised in Detroit, Michigan, and she graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in English Literature. Before moving into documentary filmmaking, she...
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A still from 'Do Not Split', nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 93rd Academy Awards. The frame shows three young protestors in Hong Kong running down an empty street with a shopping cart.
Screen Time: Watch Best Documentary Short Oscar Nominees
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. The 93rd Academy Award Nominations are out, and with it are the five incredible...
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A group of 19th century Seminole tribespeople, wearing long-sleeved tunics and armed with bows & arrows, guard their dwelling.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 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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2 far-right extremists, dressed in flannel shirts, bullet-proof vests and baseball caps, outside the US Capitol on January 6.
Screen Time: Week of April 12, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Premiering April 13 on PBS’ FRONTLINE, American Insurrection, a collaboration...
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The IDFA festival director, mic in hand and wearing a black jacket, addresses the audience in front of a blue curtain.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 5, 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 activist, holding a microphone and wearing a black blazer over a blue shirt, addresses a protest in Brooklyn, New York.
Screen Time: Week of April 5, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Premiering April 12 on Independent Lens, Ursula Liang’s Down a Dark Stairwell...
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A screenshot of IDA's Grant Writing workshop with Dana Merwin, Zippy Kimundu, Meena Nanji and ASL Interpreter Mara Bassani-Santamaria
5 Tips to Perfect Your Grant Proposal
Many filmmakers have a certain anxiety about submitting their films to funders, and with the pandemic shaping our capacities and capabilities in the documentary world, that anxiety has only grown...
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PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger at a podium, wearing a white blazer over a black blouse with the PBS logo behind her.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 29, 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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A collage of IDA-supported film stills in black and white with a light green overlay, and the IDA and Hot Docs logos placed on top.
IDA-supported Documentaries at Hot Docs 2021
Hot Docs is back for its 2021 festival edition, bringing short and feature-length documentaries from around the world to viewer's home screens between April 29 and May 9. Among the 219 films on the...
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The photo depicts a Black woman standing over an open casket, her right arm raised in praise; she wears a protective face mask, as well as a dark suit.
Screen Time: Week of March 29, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Starting April 4, Eyes on the Prize, the seminal series on the American civil...
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