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Upcoming Events
Wed. May 12, 2021 @ 10:00am PTTo introduce Challenging White Supremacy, the open call theme for this year’s Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, NPR film critic Eric Deggans will lead a discussion on US systemic racism and documentaries.
Tue. May 18, 2021 @ 5:00pm PTJoin us for a digital conversation with the creators to behind the scenes of the year's key programs.
Wed. May 19, 2021 @ 5:00pm PTGet an exclusive screener and behind the scenes in a digital conversation feat. Director Tom Beard and Executive Producers Mike Gunton and Alice Keens-Soper.
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Documentary Magazine
Winter 2021
The Winter 2021 issue takes up where Getting Real ‘20 left off, when, in the midst of a firestorm of a year, a global assembly of attendees addressed head-on the issues and themes that had been driving the community.
IDA-Supported Doc of the Week
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. In this week's Doc of the Week, we pay tribute to the heroes in our country's oldest Chinatowns, the people who are not only battling COVID, but hate crimes and long-established stereotypes.