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
Notes from the Reel World
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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
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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
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For those of you who are unaware, our 2nd International Documentary Congress is scheduled in Los Angeles for this coming October: four weeks of
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During the past two years, one of my IDA responsibilities has been overseeing requests for fiscal sponsorship. I've been fascinated by the variety of
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If you spent the past three months prowling about the ruins of the ancient city of Ubar in Oman, you might have missed the brouhaha about the
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I've been doing quite a bit of chairing lately. Early in March I was chair of the Directors Guild of America's documentary committee, which gave its
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Like many of you who make documentaries for television, I thought that the advent of multiple channels would lead to a golden age of nonfiction
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It's nice to see that Hoop Dreams (one of the 1994 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award winners) has made almost every "best ten" list of