Looking back and looking forward have always been linked in my mind. What’s the use of looking behind us if not to see where we might go? These pages
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Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl's fetishistic film about Hitler's 1934 Nuremberg rally, is a controversial choice for "Playback," but not a
1982 January—Linda Buzzell places ads in Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times announcing the charter meeting of a new organization
Cinematic immunity: The false sense of invincibility that you get when you’ve got a camera in your hands in a very dangerous situation. This term is
I was ready for something different. Over the course of six years, I had written, directed and produced documentaries about Judy Garland, Charlie
Post-September 11, we have trained our senses on other corners of the world, and on ourselves. In “ Short Takes” this month, we cite two initiatives
Dear IDA Members, The annual membership meeting in December, while far from a quorum, generated a lively discussion as to where IDA should head during
When I first started making documentaries in the ’60s, it was in the midst of the Direct Cinema revolution in America. Suddenly, it had become
Documentary distributors and producers searching for international partners and foreign buyers may want to consider participating in the two-day
Dear Readers, The end of a year inspires us to reflect on events that have impacted the course of our daily lives and etched themselves indelibly into