Notes from the Reel World

Dear Community, I had prepared a different column for you, but post election, everything is different. This nation is as divided as it can be. We've

Dear IDA Community, As we have been working these past few months to prepare for the biennial Getting Real ’16 documentary conference, I’ve been

Dear IDA Community, Like most people, I have been gripped by politics this year. Having recently been naturalized as an American citizen, I get to

Dear IDA Community, In January I had the honor of serving on the US Feature Documentary Jury at the Sundance Film Festival. While the 16 films we saw

Dear IDA Community, This past year, it's been hard to miss stories about our world facing up to diversity and equality problems. Thanks to a number of

Dear IDA Community, Change can be hard. It can be terrifying, even paralyzing. It can also be exhilarating, inspiring and rejuvenating. After 28 years

Dear IDA Community, As this edition of Documentary magazine is reaching all of you, we at IDA are excited to be revving up for the next leg of the

Dear IDA Community, Transition of any kind is an opportunity for reflection. In the space between two defined states, we are afforded a chance to take

Dear IDA Community: As many readers of Documentary magazine may have already heard, I left IDA at the end of 2014 to accept a new position with the

Dear IDA Community: Thirty years ago, the International Documentary Association broke new ground by presenting the first IDA Awards for distinguished