Dear Readers, Four months ago, when I came to Los Angeles to assume the position as executive director at the International Documentary Association, I
Notes from the Reel World

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Dear IDA Community: I can vividly recall my first political moment, when, amid a snowstorm, we were sent home early from school. My Papa gathered us

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