Field Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Overview Culture paints a portrait of what we celebrate and who is worthy of our attention. As cultural critic and journalist Mary McNamara stated,

I think that it's safe to say that most of us love working in documentary film because the work we produce does something to make the world a better

by Meena Nanji and Victoria Chalk A-Doc, a network of Asian American documentary filmmakers, is committed to foregrounding the voices of Asian

Editor's Note: Lauren Wissot had interviewed Sterlin Harjo for the article she wrote for the Fall 2017 issue, entitled " Whose Story? Five Doc-Makers

Whether or not you grab Arabic booza from your local corner store, the summers in Beirut are still humid. Half a million people are finally out of

Editor's Note: The following is a keynote address that Marcia Smith of Firelight Media delivered at IDA's Getting Real conference last September

Editor's Note: Following IDA's Getting Real '16 conference, filmmakers Grace Lee and Marcia Smith approached us about publishing their respective

The day before they brought together a groundbreaking number of Asian American documentary filmmakers on the first day of the International

Editor’s Note: The complete PDF of this Survey, conducted by the Center for Media & Social Impact in collaboration with IDA, is available at both

The comments—and the fetishizing perspectives—were naively unexpected: "What is he?" "Where is she from?" "Are they adopted?" "So exotic." These are