Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards SCARY...
November 1997
The 1997 IDA Documentary Awards November 1997
We honor the finalists and winners of the 13th Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.
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Features
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![A woman walks with a photo of Nelson Mandela projected onto the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/mandelasonafricafathernation_nov1997.jpg?itok=wiJbGjDA)
This award recognizes films that demonstrate...
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![A crowded room of smiling faces from Robert Clem's 'Big Jim Folsom: The Faces of Populism.'](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/bigjimfolsom_nov1997.jpg?itok=3M3arCSE)
BIG JIM FOLSOM: THE TWO FACES OF POPULISM Produced...
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![A black-and-white photo of a man holding a camera lens.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/jonasmekas_nov1997.jpg?itok=P_7LcM_V)
When Jonas Mekas arrived in New York City, in 1949...
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![A group of young people balance on a raft, from Carlos Bosch's 'Cuba's Rafters [Balseros].'](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/balseros_jan2004_1.jpg?itok=mFFx1frh)
Feature Documentaries Nominees CUBA'S RAFTERS...
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![Henry Hampton wears a tie smiles and poses for the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/henryhampton_jan1999_0.jpg?itok=aY0f2mRR)
Known widely as the creator and executive producer...
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![Steven Spielberg leans on a Panavision camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/stevenspielberg_nov1997.jpg?itok=gWNzUohW)
Steven Spielberg is one of the world's most...
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![A man stands on a podium with a giant poster that reads 'Kane' in the back. Most first-time viewers of 'Citizen Kane' don't realize that the News on the March short that opens the film is a clever parody of a series of theatrical shorts produced by Time, Inc.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/citizenkane_nov1997.jpg?itok=qROikZpy)
Documentary began, of course, before television...
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![Jana Elliott, a while older lady with glasses, captured while talking. From Bertram Verhaag and Claus Strigel, 'Blue Eyed' profiles the life and work of Jana Elliott, a former teacher who was the subject of the 1960s film 'Eye of the Storm' and who has committed herself to leading a fight against prejudice and racism in society](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/articles/blueeyed_nov1997.jpg?itok=Wz-9N1MU)
Forty years ago, a forum to examine Black culture...