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Winter 2009

2008 IDA Documentary Awards Issue

Plus: Sundance Lab Reports: Finding Your Documentary Voice
'kids + money'
'Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison'
'Building Bridges: The Cinema of Jean Rouch'

Features:
Econo-Docs: A Primer
By Tamara Krinsky

A non-comprehensive, non-definitive list of docs about the US economy, from the Industrial Revolution ot the Digital Age.

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From Kristi Jacobson's 'Toots.' Photo: Bill Mark
Doc’d in New York: The ‘Toots’ Tour That Tanked
By Tamara Krinsky

A cautionary tale about distribution.

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Rouch's Revolution: The Roots of Reality
By Lisa Mills

A review of 'Building Bridges: The Cinema of Jean Rouch'

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Photo: Lauren Greenfield
It’s the Economy, Dude: Lauren Greenfield Looks at Kidsumerism
By Tamara Krinsky

'kids + money,' a short doc that aired on HBO.

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Preservation and Scholarship Award: Marina Goldovskaya
By Michael Rose

From Russia with Passion: Documentarian Marina Goldovskaya Teaches, Mentors

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Courtesy of Cine-Tamaris
Agnes Varda's 'Ulysses'
By Tim Sternberg

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Natalia Almada (right) and Daniela Alatorre reviewing their film 'El General.' Photo: Jill Orschel.
Sundance Lab Reports--Finding One’s Documentary Voice: 'El General'
By Natalia Almada

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From Ari Folman's 'Waltz with Bashir.' Photo: Ari Folman and David Polonsky. (c) 2008. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
'Waltz with Bashir': The Fallibility Yet Persistence of Memory
By Beige Luciano-Adams

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From Werner herzog' 'The White Diamond.' (c) Werner Herzog Film.
Wandering Toward Wonder: The Incendiary Trail of Werner Herzog's Fever Dreams
By Taylor Segrest

2008 IDA Career Achievement Award

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Deann Borshay Liem (left), director of 'In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee,' and editor Vivien Hillgrove. Photo: Mike Bradshaw
Sundance Lab Reports--Finding One's Documentary Voice: 'In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee'
By Deann Borshay Liem

'In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee' premieres September 14 on PBS' 'POV.'

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