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Sponsored Projects
Since 1998, IDA's fiscal sponsorship program has been helping independent documentary projects of all types get funded, finished and seen.
REFUGE is an award-winning feature-length documentary that follows a leader in a white nationalist hate group who finds healing from the people he once hated - a Muslim heart doctor and his town of
In this deeply personal and riveting documentary, filmmaker Tracey Arcabasso Smith confronts her childhood sexual abuse and unearths a dark history of multigenerational abuse in her seemingly-idyll
RELIEF follows aid workers from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the largest provider of aid in Gaza, as they struggle to bring life-saving assistance to Palestinians.
This documentary will follow the journey of “Chief” Marchand Rice, a Colville Citizen and tribal member who has spent over three decades behind bars for a murder he committed as a teenager.
20 years in the making. 3 million photographs, thousands of hours of footage and a one dollar house.
A daughter finds a connection to the late father she never wanted to know through an unlikely source: a rare synthesizer he invented in the ‘70s.
When the lead singer of I Don't Konform sent out a demo album to Flemming Rasmussen, the Grammy Award-winning producer of Metallica, they never imagined themselves a few months later rehearsing wit
Fast cars. “Bad” Asians. The untold story of a subculture that started from the streets, sparked a global phenomenon, and transformed pop culture forever.
America’s cowboy culture and opera's hallowed traditions converge in a story that celebrates a timeless legend and the collaborative power of art.
22 years ago, Robert was struck by a freight train that took his leg and caused a rift in his family. Now chronically homeless, Robert has bounced from LA's Skid Row, to the courth
“Rock Behind the Wall" unveils the untold story of Bulgarian rock and roll's past, present, and future from the tightly controlled era of communism to the modern era of oligarchs' media control, which ranks last in media freedom among all EU countries.
The story of Notre Dame's Knute Rockne -- college football's greatest coach -- as seen from a modern day perspective.
Ron Shapiro, also known as Ronzo, was a cultural icon and the ‘unofficial cultural ambassador’ to the south.
Journey into the soul-stirring world of Zydeco music as a group of talented musicians defy conventions, confront personal struggles, and navigate the ever-changing music industry.
Disconnected letters tell the effect of the Nazi’s annexation of Austria on some of the Viennese population: it’s the story of Rosa, my Viennese and Jewish grandmother, who left Vienna for New York
RUN WITH IT, an animated documentary feature, explores the crisis in the criminal justice system and US racial divide through the eyes of De’Jaun Correia, a young black man on the Dean’s list at Mo
A behind-the-scenes feature documentary about upstart Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke's campaign to unseat Ted Cruz in the US Senate.
SAFE ZONE is a documentary film series about the resilience of girls caught in the chaos of the Syrian refugee crisis.
SAPIDUS is an epic documentary film born from the encounter between three waters and three cultures united by the same species: the blue crab.
Sapiro v. Ford tells the riveting true story of Aaron Sapiro, a young Jewish lawyer who took on one of America’s most powerful men—and most notorious antisemite—Henry Ford.
Why has society been unable to stop the rise of mass murders, and what can be done to prevent them?
Everyone knows the beaches, boardwalks, and nightclubs of the Jersey Shore, but there is another side to this iconic summer vacation destination... an even wilder one.
Saving the City is a multi-part documentary series with related educational material highlighting successful and unsuccessful examples of urban development throughout the US and Canada so that we c
The School In The Cloud tells the story of TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra through the eyes of children in a remote Indian village whose lives are being transformed by his ideas.
Fifty-five years after becoming the first woman to solo-hand sail the Pacific Ocean, Sharon Sites Adams looks back at 15,000 nautical miles at sea.
Rose is a queer, charismatic & deeply compassionate clown who has created a sanctuary for LGBTQ individuals and others in marginalized communities: Fool School Clown Class, a six-week course th
For residents of the Triangle Square retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning—a celebration of the lives and legacies of resistance of the eldest LGBTQ generation.
Serious Breakdown: Teenage Mental Health in America spans the entire US, following five high schoolers and the people around them.
At 12 years of age, Destiny is navigating 7th grade, enduring homelessness and along with Moms4Housing, igniting a movement for housing as a human right.
Betty Reid Soskin is America’s oldest park ranger, famous for tirelessly shedding light on the forgotten history of racial segregation in California. But there’s a hidden side to Betty she rarely talks about. Back in the 1960s, Betty was a singer/songwriter with a voice like Billie Holiday and the relevance of Nina Simone, but she turned her back on a potential career in music, and her songs haven’t been heard for 40 years.
Silent Shelter is a documentary feature that exposes the country's broken animal sheltering system, which is seen through the eyes of those in the trenches, the volunteers.
There had always been a small number of black auto racers in the twentieth century who drove mostly for themselves. In 1972, Leonard W.