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Dear IDA Members, When I took the helm as IDA President three years ago, I eschewed "pompous pledges and misty projections" and promised to "keep my
Dear Readers, It's been a remarkable year for remarkable documentaries, and theater audiences have helped to keep the art form thriving. We close out
Dear IDA Members, It's the end of an active year of continued changes and growth for the IDA. Our biggest accomplishment was getting InFACT, formerly
Dear Readers, National Geographic's flagship program, Explorer, has gone through as many permutations as it has homes. Now part of MSNBC as Ultimate
Dear IDA Members: As we go to press, it looks like our comrades in the independent film movement are making some headway with the Motion Picture
Dear Readers, DVD—whether it stands for "digital video disc" or the more recent "digital versatile disc" to accommodate the uses of the medium beyond
Dear IDA Members, This fall IDA launched a four-city theatrical exhibition tour—to commercial theaters in Del Mar, California; Little Rock, Arkansas
Dear IDA Members: The International Documentary Association has many objectives, but none is more important than encouraging the theatrical exhibition
Dear Readers: We profile three cable companies in this issue. Two are relative newcomers—Discovery Times and TRIO Channel-while the third, MTV, is