"The Documentary Eye," the brain child of IDA Executive Director Betsy McLane and a work-in progress, took the audience through the rich cinematic
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Filmmaker David Grubin, a 1995 IDA Award winner for his remarkable study on Franklin D. Roosevelt, moderated the "In and Out of the Cold" panel, which
Four large, soft, black leather chairs in front of a blank white movie screen. Four gray-haired maverick documentary pioneers sitting around talking
DC's "Concepts of Intellectual Property" panel, sponsored by Grinberg Film Libraries, gave an eager audience the opportunity to learn about important
The "International Coproductions" panel, moderated by British filmmaker Andre Singer, provided a range of solid information for those exploring this
John Grierson, the pioneering nonfiction filmmaker, once defined the documentary as "the creative treatment of actuality." His definition resounded
Is public funding still a viable option for U.S.-based documentarians? Are cutbacks at the NEA and NEH foreshadowing a shutdown of all access to
It is 40 degrees, raining and windy, and my wife and I are on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands, sitting on a horsedrawn cart and heading to the Man
Hundreds of documentarians from around the world are expected to convene in Los Angeles for the Second International Documentary Congress in October