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Photo: Harrod Blank
Winter 2012

2011 IDA Documentary Awards

Career Achievement Award: Les Blank

Plus: 
'Paradise Lost 3' and the Power of Advocacy Films
'These Amazing Shadows'
'Reclaiming Fair Use'
'The Lost Kennedy Home Movies'

 

Features:
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Courtesy of Joe Berlinger
Meet the Oscar Nominated Films: West Memphis Free! 'Paradise Lost' and the Power of Advocacy Films
By Laura Almo

'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' airs January 12 on HBO.

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Creative Recognition Awards
By IDA Editorial Staff

The Creative Recognition Awards honor creative achievement in documentary filmmaking.

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Humanitas Documentary Award Nominees
By IDA Editorial Staff

And the winner is...'Position Among the Stars'!

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Courtesy of Daniel T. Magidson
ABCNEWS VideoSource Award Nominees
By IDA Editorial Staff

And the winner is...'The Pruitt-Igoe Myth'!

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From Rachel Libert's 'Boomtown.' Photo: Rachel Libert/Planet Green
Best Limited Series Award Nominees
By IDA Editorial Staff

And the winner is...'Boomtown.'

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From Roberto Hernadez and Geoffrey Smith's 'Presumed Guilty.' Photo: Abogados con Camera (Lawyers with Cameras)
Best Continuing Series Award Nominees
By IDA Editorial Staff

And the winner is...'POV'!

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From Patricio Guzman's 'Nostalgia for the Light.' Courtesy of Icarus Films
Best Feature Award Nominees
By IDA Editorial Staff

And the winner is..."Nostalgia for the Light.'

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From Harrison Engle's 'The Lost Kennedy Home Movies.' Courtesy of SFM Entertainment LLC
Unseen Kennedys: Home Movies from a Political Dynasty
By Bob Fisher

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Creators vs. Consumers: Reclaiming the Conversation About Copyright
By Cynthia Close

A review of Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jasci's 'Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright'

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Photo: (c) 2011 Gravitas LLC
Documenting Film Preservation: 'These Amazing Shadows'
By Bob Fisher

'These Amazing Shadows' premieres December 29 on PBS' 'Independent Lens.'

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Les Blank (right) with Werner Herzog. Courtesy of Flower Films
Career Achievement Award--Visionary Wayfarer: Les Blank
By Taylor Segrest

Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column
By Michael Lumpkin

On the American Film Showcase and Doc U On the Road.