IDA's annual screening of the year's best documentary films,
Oscar® nominated shorts and features and
Independent Spirit Award winners.

DocuDays™ Los Angeles 2010

Friday, March 5th & Saturday, March 6th

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

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DocuDays™ New York 2010

Saturday, March 6th & Sunday, March 7th

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

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The following movies will be shown as part of DocuDays in Los Angeles and New York. Click on the respective links above for full ticket and screening information for DocuDays LA or DocuDays NY.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (in alphabetical order)

Burma VJ
Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
Armed with video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country.

The Cove
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of activists, filmmakers, and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret.

Food, Inc
Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies.

Independent Spirit Awards "Best Documentary" Winner
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Sacha Gervasi
The members of the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" Anvil, now well into their fifties, set off to record their thirteenth album, in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dream.

Independent Spirit Awards "Truer Than Fiction" Winner
45365
Bill Ross and Turner Ross
45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an American town. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, the parade to the prayer service, it explores relationships and interactions with people and their environment.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
A former war planner risks life in prison by leaking 7,000 pages of a top secret Pentagon report to the New York Times to help stop the Vietnam War.

Which Way Home
Rebecca Cammisa
Which Way Home shows the personal side of immigration through the eyes of children who face harrowing dangers with enormous courage and resourcefulness as they endeavor to make it to the United States.

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM (in alphabetical order)

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
After a massive Central China earthquake leaves thousands dead, parents confront their government about the shoddy construction of school building that made their children into victims.

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
While dealing with the devastating effects of Parkinson's disease, Washington's former governor Booth Gardner leads a campaign to legalize assisted suicide in the state.

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
When a General Motors plant closed in Moraine, Ohio, 2,500 workers lost more than their jobs. The Last Truck views the final months of the plant through the workers' eyes as they reflect on their work and consider their next steps.

Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
The uplifting story of Zimbabwean singer-songwriter Prudence Mabhena, 21, who was born severely disabled and has struggled to overcome poverty and discrimination.

Rabbit a la Berlin
Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Rabbits that had been living in a wild area protected by the Berlin Wall must now adapt to its fall.

Question and answer sessions to follow screening when filmmaker is available.

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