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Grayson Earle

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Grayson Earle is a contemporary artist and activist from the United States. His work deals with the role that digital technologies and networks can play in protest and political agency. He is known for his guerrilla video projections as a member of The Illuminator Art Collective and Bail Bloc, a computer program that posts bail for low-income people.

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2004 Preservation and Scholarship Award: Michael Rabiger—Grist for the Mill: A Filmmaker's Education
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IDA Launches Kickstarter Partner Page
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The Doc Continent: The State of Nonfiction Filmmaking in South Africa
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Broken Men, Outsiders and Eccentrics Populate the Docs at SF Fest
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Diasporic Connections Black Documentary Filmmakers from New York Meet Their Counterparts in Brazil
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Oscar's Obstacle Course: Running the Qualification Process
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Wide Open Video: OneWorldTV Democratizes the Documentary
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Documenting Women's Rites: An Interview with Filmmaker Kim Longinotto
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Why You Shouldn't Miss our Upcoming Doc U on Digital Distribution
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How Green Was Mill Valley? A Liberal Helping of Docs at the 26th Annual Film Fest
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IDA Career Achievement Award: Sir David Attenborough The Natural Historian as Innovative Storyteller
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New Asian Currents Makes Waves at Yamagata Documentary Festival
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That's Motivation! Working Films Reaches Out
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Journey to Justice: Joe Berlinger Examines The System
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Can I Get a Witness? Images That Effect a Positive Change
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10 Keys to Successful Theatrical Distribution for Your Doc
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Define Your Audience: Generating Some FilmBuzz & Thinking Without A Box
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Capturing Wildlife: Natural History Filmmakers Bag Big Game at Jackson Hole
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Celebrating and Preserving the Latino Experience His Own Way
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Through the Looking Glass: Not Everything Is as It Seems in the Wacky World of Wonder-land
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IDA Board President Marjan Safinia Presents New ArcLight Documentary Series
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Agit-Doc: How 'Uncovered' Became an Activist Tool
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The Roots of Social Issue Docs: Movement Born in the 1930s Came of Age in the 1960s
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The Art and Business of Festivals
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Hot Docs 2014: Buckets of Rain, Beaucoup de Docs
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Edifice Complex: Nathaniel Kahn Constructs a Tribute to––and an Understanding of––his Architect Father
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Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, Spring 2014
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Good Press, Big Buzz and a Positive Experience: A Primer on How to Make the Best of the Fest
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'The Art of the Real' Takes the Long View on Nonfiction
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Summer 2014 Grant & Other Opportunties
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Participatory Democracy through Film: Social Documentaries Thrive in Multiple Media Environments
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Homecoming Jubilee: 'We Always Lie to Strangers' Bows in Branson
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Brandon Tells Her Story: Back in the (New) Day of Social Issue Films
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Nonfiction in the Far East: Fifty Years of Documentary Theory in Japan
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Gimme Shekels: Wanna Piece of Al Maysles' Next Film?
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Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Winter 2014
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Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column, Winter 2014
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Is the New Golden Age of Documentary Almost Over?
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Get Fixed! Working with Guides and Expediters While Shooting Abroad
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Eclecticism on Display at Tribeca Film Festival
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Immersion, Integration, Interactivity! Tribeca Insights
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China's Doc Boom: Beijing Rejects Reality TV in Favor of Classic Documentaries
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Playback: David Sutherland's 'The Farmer's Wife'
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IDA and FIND File Amicus Brief in Closely-Watched Ninth Circuit Copyright Case
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The Filmmakers' View: Fest Vets DeStefano, Hogarth and Green Recommend Doing Your Homework
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Docs That Make a Difference: The Politics of Political Documentaries
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Lost in Translation? Don't Get Disoriented Shooting in the Orient
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9 Docmaking Tips from an Oscar® Winner
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Immigrant Song: 'The New Americans' Weaves Together Five Stories of US Newcomers
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Far From the Madding Crowds: Ten Years On, Slamdance Still Screens Edgy Work – with No Wait Lists
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