IDA's all-day, back-to-back screenings of this year's
Oscar® nominated documentary films.

See the films! Meet the filmmakers!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Writers Guild of America Theater - Map
135 S. Doheny Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Complimentary Parking Info

Food and refreshments provided by
Homegirl Café

DocuDay New York 2011

Saturday, February 26 & Sunday, February 27

The Paley Center for Media - Map
25 West 52nd St, New York, NY 10019

FREE for Paley Center Members and IDA Members.
Screening Schedule and More Info »

DocuDay LA 2011 Screening Schedule
Question and Answers session to follow screening when filmmaker is available.

9:00 AM

Strangers No More
39 min.
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

For most children, going to school is as simple as going around the block. For others, it’s the end of a long and dangerous journey. In the heart of Tel Aviv, they find refuge at an exceptional school where children from forty-eight countries and of many religions come together to learn in peace. Having fled poverty, political adversity and even genocide, the students struggle to forget the past.
Website/Trailer

Sun Come Up
39 min.
Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

Sun Come Up follows the relocation of some of the world's first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders - a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean. When rising seas threaten their survival, the islanders face a painful decision: they must leave their beloved land in search of a new place to call home.
Website/Trailer

The Warriors of Qiugang
39 min.
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Villagers in central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their air, water and land. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well.
Website/Trailer

11:40 AM

Killing In the Name
39 min.
Jed Rothstein

Ashraf was celebrating the happiest day of his life when an Al-Qaeda suicide bomber walked into his wedding and killed his father and 26 other family members in front of his eyes. Now, he’s rising from tragedy to break the silence in the Muslim community on the taboo subject of terrorism.
Website/Trailer

Poster Girl
39 min.
Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block

POSTER GIRL is the story of Robynn Murray, an all-American high-school cheerleader turned “poster girl” for women in combat, distinguished by “Army” Magazine’s cover shot. Now home from Iraq, her tough-as-nails exterior begins to crack, leaving Robynn struggling with the debilitating effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Website/Trailer

1:45 PM

Gasland
105 min.
Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudi Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey with his banjo uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination.
Website/Trailer

4:00 PM

Waste Land
98 min.
Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. His collaboration with these inspiring characters reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.
Website/Trailer

6:10 PM

Inside Job
108 min.
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

INSIDE JOB is the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships that have corrupted politics, regulation and academics.
Website/Trailer

8:30 PM

Restrepo
93 min.
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

RESTREPO chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley focusing on a remote 15-man outpost, "Restrepo," named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 90-minute deployment. This is war, full stop.
Website/Trailer

10:30 PM

Exit Through the Gift Shop
87 min.
Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results. By turns shocking, hilarious and absurd, this is an enthralling modern-day fairytale... with bolt cutters.
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