Dear IDA Members, As reports begin to come in from our members around the world, it is clear that everyone is "getting back to work." The pain of loss
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I first saw The Plow That Broke the Plains in Canada in 1952, when the 1936 film was already legendary. I had recently arrived in Canada hoping to
Dear Readers, No sooner had we gone to press—on September 11, 2001—when we witnessed a calamity of unspeakable horror and cruelty. By now we have all
Dear IDA Members: My original “Notes from the Reel World” for this October issue addressed the many documentary-related events happening this month in
I came to Maysles Films in the early 1970's—fresh out of college—and I never left. So I guess you could say that, professionally, I'm a child of
Leni Riefenstahl, Five Lives by Leni Riefenstahl Taschen Publishers, 2001 336 pages (hardcover) A huge new book—6 ½ pounds, 19 x 11 inches, with
In April 1997 I went to a screening of Claude Lelouch’s Hommes, Femmes: Mode D’Emploi (Men, Women: A User’s Manual). Lelouch introduced the film and
It was less than a year ago, in October 2000, when I last met with Erik Barnouw, and I treasure the image of his gracious intellect that I saw on that
The Lacandon Jungle is located in the southeast of the State of Chiapas in Mexico. It was here, in 1994, that the EZLN, or Zapatista Army of National
Dear Readers, Welcome to nature, or the world of nature and wildlife documentaries, a genre that has seen a surge in popularity on the international