I was ready for something different. Over the course of six years, I had written, directed and produced documentaries about Judy Garland, Charlie
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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
Dear IDA Members: As we head into the holiday season, we find reason to rejoice at the simplest of life's pleasures: just the freedom to read this
Dear Readers, September 11 will be with us for a long time, and we’ll be looking, in this issue and future issues, at how documentary filmmakers can
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
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