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A Black woman with a megaphone raises her arm and shouts in a crowd of people. From Sabaah Folayan's 'Whose Streets?', a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Documentaries To Watch on Guns and America
It has been a devastating month for us reeling from gun violence in the US. The most recent wave of horrifying shootings targeting Black Americans and young children has many asking, “When will this...
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Detail from a black stone statue in Paris’ Père-Lachaise Cemetery, showing enclasped fingers of a figure. From Heddy Honigmann’s ‘Forever.’ Photo by Cobos Films, BV. Courtesy of Icarus Films.
Screen Time: Week of May 23, 2022
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. We at IDA are heartbroken at the passing of Heddy Honigmann, documentarian...
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A set of trophies from the 34th Annual IDA Documentary Awards.
IDA Documentary Awards Team Shares What Submitters Need to Know for 2022
By KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR and EDDIE Hustleby The 2022 IDA Documentary Awards Call For Entries (CFE) launches on Thursday, May 26! The IDA Documentary Awards are a crucial event in our field. Nominations...
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Still from Super 8mm video footage of a young Jasmin Mara López held by her mother, Sandra. From Jasmin Mara López’s ‘Silent Beauty.’ Courtesy of Hot Docs.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of May 16, 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 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.'
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, America has been experiencing a crushing series of...
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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.
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 the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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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.
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's Day, the new New Yorker documentary, artist Titus...
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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.
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 the internet, as well as from the Documentary...
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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.
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 championing stories that are about protecting people’s...
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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
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 seems an apt moment to reflect upon the fund’s...
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