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  • ​A woman wearing a hat and glasses, with shoulder-length hair, stands on a street and holds a sign that reads "LA Jails are the largest mental health institutions in the country." From Kenneth Paul Rosenberg’s 'Bedlam.' Courtesy of 'Independent Lens.'
    May 16, 2022

    Screen Time: Week of May 16, 2022

    Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Over the past few years,
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  • Luma is a cow with black-and-white patches on its body. She is standing in a cowshed and we can see only the front portion of her body. From Andrea Arnold’s ‘Cow.’ Courtesy of Cow Films Ltd. An IFC Films release.
    May 13, 2022

    Essential Doc Reads: Week of May 9, 2022

    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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  • A middle-aged Filipino male activist sits on a fallen tree trunk; he is wearing shorts and a blue t-shirt that says "Palawan para-EnviFORCER." . Photo from Karl Malakunas' 'Delikado.' Courtesy of Hot Docs.
    May 10, 2022

    Screen Time: Week of May 9, 2022

    Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Right on the heels of Mother'
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  • A silhouette of a woman holding a child against a sunset sky. From Hnin Ei Hlaing’s 'Midwives,' which recently played at Hot Docs. Courtesy of Hot Docs.
    May 6, 2022

    Essential Doc Reads: Week of May 2, 2022

    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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  • Pro-choice clinic escorts hold hands and stand in front of pro-choice posters, gathering to pray at Reproductive Health Services in Montgomery, Alabama. From Dawn Porter’s 'Trapped.' Courtesy of the film team.
    May 3, 2022

    Screen Time: Week of May 2, 2022

    Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. At IDA, we believe in
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  • A camera person films a Black man and a Black woman walking together at a protest. A behind the scenes shot from 'Untitled Baltimore Documentary Project' by Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough
    May 2, 2022

    A Brief History of the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund

    In this 40th anniversary year of the International Documentary Association, and on the eve of the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund 2022 open call, it
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  • A black and white photo of several women holding signs at a protest. A still from '9to5: The Story of A Movement'. Courtesy of Steve Cagan
    April 29, 2022

    Labor Documentaries to Watch for International Workers Day

    In many ways, 2022 has been the Year of the Worker. Unionized workers in the US at Amazon and Starbucks recently celebrated massive victories,
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  • Gerardo del Valle stands outside a migrant house in Acuña, Mexico. He wears a black hat, an olive military jacket and is carrying a video camera and a lens bag. (Photo by Monica Gonzalez)
    April 16, 2022

    IDA Member Spotlight: Gerardo del Valle

    Gerardo del Valle is a video journalist from Guatemala currently based in New York City. His work explores the people behind the headlines and the
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  • Shanona is a middle-aged Black woman, seen here holding her son, a Black boy wearing a gold toy crown. From Loira Limbal’s ‘Through the Night.’ Photo by Naiti Gámez. Courtesy of POV.
    April 12, 2022

    Screen Time: Week of April 11, 2022

    Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Black Maternal Health Week,
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  • Members of the film crew—consisting of three white men and two women—of ‘Who We Are’ filming Jeffery Robinson—a Black man in a black blazer and pants—in front of Memphis’ Lorraine Motel. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures.
    April 9, 2022

    Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 4, 2022

    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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