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IDFA Artistic Dierctor Orwa Nyrabia, shown delivering a keynote address on a large screen at the 2018 Getting Real conference, is a Syrian man with a beard, wearing a dark sweater. Photo courtesy of AMPAS
Fri, 11/11/2022 - 14:02
Essential Doc Reads: Week of November 11, 2022
Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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Protestors of gerrymandering gather outside of the Supreme Court, from Chris Durrance and Barak Goodman's ‘Slay the Dragon’. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Tue, 11/08/2022 - 14:56
Screen Time: Week of November 7, 2022
Screen Time Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home.It’s Election Day in the US, so in the voting spirit, most of these...
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Heavily armed troops, wearing body armor, face shields and helmets, march through the streets of Moscow at night. From Gesbeen Mohammed’s ‘Putin’s War at Home,’ a ‘Frontline’ production currently streaming on PBS.org. Courtesy of ‘Frontline’.
Fri, 11/04/2022 - 00:00
Essential Doc Reads: Week of October 31, 2022
Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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Dilma Rousseff, the former president of Brazil, is applauded while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, her predecessor, who was just elected president for the second time, on October 30, 2022, raises her hand in the air. From Petra Costa’s ‘The Edge of Democracy.’ Photo courtesy of Netflix.
Mon, 10/31/2022 - 00:00
Screen Time: Week of October 31, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home.In observance of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential win in Brazil, Petra...
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Harry Belafonte is a Black man, bald, smiling, wearing a grey hoodie and sitting on a chair, in front of a bookshelf. From Elvis Mitchell’s ‘Is That Black Enough For You?!?’ Courtesy of netflix
Fri, 10/28/2022 - 00:00
Essential Doc Reads: Week of October 24, 2022
Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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Headshot of a young white woman with long black hair and a black top in front of a purple wall. On the left side of the picture, we see Woman (in green), Life (in white), and Freedom (in red).
Fri, 10/21/2022 - 12:41
IDA Member Spotlight: Nazanin Nematollahi
IDA: Tell us about yourself. What is your profession (or passion)? Nazanin Nematollahi: Born and raised in Iran after the Islamic revolution of 1979, which was already engaged in a war, I always felt...
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Two women, both with long brown hair and wearing sleeveless vests, perform on their electric guitars in a field of uncut wheat and grass. From Rita Baghdadi's 'Sirens," which is showing in theaters through Oscilloscope Laboratories. Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories .
Fri, 10/21/2022 - 11:51
Essential Doc Reads: Week of October 21, 2022
Essential Doc Reads is our curated selection of recent features and important news items about the documentary form and its processes, from around the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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A woman wearing a hijab stands on a podium looking out at a crowd. Photo: Capital-K Pictures. Courtesy of POV.
Mon, 10/17/2022 - 14:56
Screen Time: Week of October 17, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home.Now more than ever, people are reclaiming narratives to ensure their voices are...
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A woman in a white dress dances while people clap around her. From Mathew Ramirez Warren’s 'We Like It Like That.' Courtesy of 'We Like It Like That' and 'America ReFramed.'
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 00:00
Screen Time: Week of October 3, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. October is a month for expressions–whether it be through celebrating LGBTQ+...
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The Nonfiction Core Application: An image of a woman with brown skin holding a camera outdoors, courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Mon, 09/26/2022 - 00:00
The Non-Fiction Core Application 2.0
A Letter From Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Director of Artist Accelerator Program at Sundance InstituteNonfiction storytellers and their work have been deeply impacted by recent world events, public health...
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