Happy New Year! IDA begins 1998 with more members than at any time in history. A recent surge in new members has pushed our worldwide membership to
Notes from the Reel World
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It gives me great pleasure to announce another "first" for the IDA as we conclude one of our most active years in history. Through the tireless and
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Recognition of outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking inspired the creation of the IDA Awards in 1985. This year's exceptional field of
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... and now for a brief look back at the IDA summer of '97: The summer began with the first public screening of the long repressed documentary
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As I sat down to write this column for the "cyber-doc" issue of ID magazine, I went on-line. Although I am far from expert at using the Internet, I
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This month IDA takes special pride in celebrating our rich heritage and the vitality in our field today. "Documentary" was coined by the revolutionary
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It's that time of year again, time for you and your colleagues around the world to submit documentaries for the 13th Annual IDA Awards. An important
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From the very beginning, there were documentaries electrifying audiences in those early movie theatres, whether they were Parisians watching the
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The documentary and IDA are on an important threshold. The documentary form is in the forefront of more minds, on more television sets, in more
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Talking with Toni Treadway recently, about her article to appear in this issue, really got my mind stirring. Toni's a thinker, a wanderer, who likes