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Photo: Douglas Kirkland. Courtesy of Douglas Kirkland
Jan 2007

2006 Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards

Plus: Firelight Media Illuminates Social Docs
Toronto International Film Festival
National Geographic All Roads Film Festival

Features:
Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column
By Thomas White

On the 2006 IDA Documentary Awards...

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Mark Zwonitzer, series producer of 'The Supreme Court,' chats with former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Photo: (c) Don Perdue
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! 'The Supreme Court' Is in Session on PBS
By Tamara Krinsky

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From Jennifer Baichwal's 'Manufactured Landscapes.' Courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival
Festival Focus: The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
By Tamara Krinsky

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From Stanley Nelson's 'Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple,' which won the IDA/ABCNews VideoSource Award. Courtesy of California Historical Society
IDA Documentary Awards--Winners
By IDA Editorial Staff

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IDA Documentary Awards Finalists: Short Documentaries
By IDA Editorial Staff

And the winner is...'Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel).'

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Photo: Jeff Watts. (c) American University
Patricia Aufderheide: Promoting the Understanding of Documentary as a Shared Experience
By Agnes Varnum

2006 IDA Preservation & Scholarship Award

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Photo: Mark Theissen/National Geographic
After Finding the Lost Boys of Sudan, Things are Looking 'Up in America' for Christopher Quinn
By Paola Freccero

Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award

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From Melitta Tchalcovcsky and Pepe Ozan's "Jaisalmer Ayo! Gateway of the Gypsies'
Festival Focus: National Geographic All Roads Film Festival
By Taylor Segrest

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From Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre's 'Maquilapolis.'
Festival Focus: MadCat Women’s International Film Festival
By Margarita Landazuri

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Filmmaker Stanley Nelson, executive director of Firelight Media.
Outreach, Not Out of Reach: Firelight Media Illuminates the Under-Represented
By Laura Almo

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