Dear IDA Members, I've recently returned from the Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM), which I attended with my documentary Breaking Up. Since many
Notes from the Reel World
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It's that time of year again, when the IDA celebrates the outstanding documentaries of the past year, as well as saluting individuals and
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Dear Readers: I'm thinking about Charles Foster Kane's "Declaration of Principles" when he takes over the Inquirer. "You don't wanna make any promises
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Dear Members, It's been a busy summer for me, the IDA, and documentarians everywhere. I just got back from the Republican National Convention in San
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In the beginning, there was the documentary, the cinematographic evangelist. Argentinean cinema did not escape this origin. The Lumière brothers'
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Dear Members, By now, many of you have probably read Peter Nichols' recent article in the New York Times, titled "Smile When You Say Documentary." The
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Dear Members, The following is the first in a series of dispatches on the state of the documentary from lDA members around the world. News from Russia
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Dear Members, The IDA's executive director, Betsy McLane, has been bending my ear about a shocking problem. I'd heard about it for years, but didn't
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As the IDA Board of Directors plots the course of the coming year and conjures new ways to spread shrinking funds over continuing and new programs, we
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It is with honor that I greet you as the new president of the IDA Board of Directors. It will be difficult to follow in Mel Stuart's footsteps, but I