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  • From 'Crip Camp," (Dirs.: James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham), which won two IDA Documentary Awards. Courtesy of Netflix
    January 17, 2021

    Essential Doc Reads: Week of January 11, 2021

    Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around
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  • Michael Apted, speaking at an IDA Screening Series showing of his final film, '63-UP.' Photo: Laura Ahmed
    January 11, 2021

    Essential Doc Reads: Week of January 3, 2021

    Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around
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  • From Michael Apted's 'The UP Series.' Courtesy of First Run Features
    January 11, 2021

    Screen Time: Week of January 11, 2021

    Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. The documentary world lost
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  • December 22, 2020

    Tips for Young Creators from the 2020 Student Documentary Nominees

    The David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award, introduced to the IDA Documentary Awards in 1987, recognizes exceptional achievement in nonfiction
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  • From Frederick Wiseman's 'City Hall,' which premieres December 22 on PBS. Courtesy of Zipporah Films
    December 21, 2020

    Essential Doc Reads: Week of December 14, 2020

    Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around
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  • Fred Hampton, featured in Stanley Nelson's 'The Black Panthers: Vanguards of the Revolution.' Photo courtesy of Paul Sequeira.
    December 16, 2020

    Canons Must Fall: Mapping Transitions within the Documentary Space

    This year’s virtual gathering of Getting Real ‘20 called for the redistribution of power within documentary practice and the removal of barriers
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  • December 15, 2020

    IDA Staff Picks: Documentaries of the Decade

    This decade has given us some of the boldest, most informative and timeliest documentaries in film history, and with it coming to an end, many of us
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  • From Paul Taylor's 'The Art of Political Murder.' Courtesy of HBO
    December 14, 2020

    Screen Time: Week of December 14, 2020

    Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Premiering December 16 on HBO
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  • Frank Zappa, subject of Alex Winter's 'Zappa,' a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo: Roelof Kiers. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
    December 13, 2020

    Essential Doc Reads: Week of December 7, 2020

    Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around
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  • December 12, 2020

    IDA Member Spotlight: Maya Zinshtein

    This month, we’re featuring Maya Zinshtein, one of our international members in our Fiscal Sponsorship Program for her project, ‘Til Kingdom Come .
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