Notes from the Reel World

In the beginning, there was the documentary, the cinematographic evangelist. Argentinean cinema did not escape this origin. The Lumière brothers'

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

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

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

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

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

How quickly time passes. It seems such a short while ago that I sat in the lobby of the Sofitel Hotel, having a drink with the winners of the 1994 IDA

To paraphrase Prospero from The Tempest, "My revels now are ended." After two years, I am stepping down as president of the IDA. A commitment to

A few months ago ( ID, July/August 1995), I explained why and how I made my first independent documentary. Using my own funds, I produced a half-hour

For those of you who are unaware, our 2nd International Documentary Congress is scheduled in Los Angeles for this coming October: four weeks of