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  • IDA Documentary Awards Call for Entries

    Mon. May 7, 2018 @ (All day)
    United States
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  • Awards Spotlight: Netflix

    Sun. June 3, 2018 @ 5:00pm
    Netflix FYSee
    5300 Melrose Avenue
    Los Angeles, CA 90038
    United States

    IDA invites you to a panel discussion featuring the directors and producers of features and programs airing on Netflix.

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  • DocuClub NY: This Might Hurt

    Mon. June 4, 2018
    DCTV
    87 Lafayette Street
    New York, NY 10013

    DocuClub NY kicks off DCTV Presents Summer 2018 season with This Might Hurt, an intimate verite film that follows three chronic pain patients who...

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Documentary Magazine

Spring 2018

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The issue focuses on documentary education on the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as some of the venturesome models outside of the traditional academic space. We also hear from educators about the docs they assign and the ways they engage their students.

IDA-Supported Doc of the Week

Our Chinatown
Directed by
Curtis Chin
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The IDA continues to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Director Curtis Chin's latest work takes us on a journey through several historic Chinatowns in the U.S. that were central to the forming of the Chinese-American identity but are now impacted by the forces of gentrification, assimilation, and an aging population.