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IDA Member Spotlight: Allison Walsh
Allison Walsh is an independent documentary filmmaker, freelance videographer and fine artist, who is committed to political advocacy and documenting social issues in the Midwest. Walsh’s films have...
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Two Black teenage boys run across a green field holding sticks. Smoke bellows behind them. Still from Patrick Bresnan's 'The Rabbit Hunt'. Courtesy of Argo
Four IDA Documentary Award Nominated Shorts to Watch on Argo
In the crowded documentary field, short documentaries don’t always get the love they deserve. Our friends at Argo understand this well and have built a whole platform that celebrates and streams short...
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Film still of Jacques Costeau underwater in scuba diving gear. Courtesy of National Geographic
Essential Doc Reads: Week of December 6, 2021
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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Cast members of the Broadway musical 'Company' recording their album. From DA Pennebaker's ‘Original Cast Album: “Company"’. Courtesy of the Criterion Collection
Screen Time: Week of December 6, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Like everyone else, the Documentary team has been deeply mourning the passing of...
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Tsanavi Spoonhunter scouting with Prinz Three Irons, of the Crow Tribe of Montana, at the Wyoming/Montana border for ‘Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty.’ Photo courtesy of Tsavani Spoonhunter.
Honoring Indigenous Stories for Native American Heritage Month
Every November, for Native American Heritage Month (NAHM), the US commemorates the contributions, culture and history of Native people. It is also a month to reflect on how to honor the rich knowledge...
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Rebecca is a elderly white woman flying a kite in Detroit, on a bucket list adventure. Image from Sian-Pierre Regis’ ‘Duty Free.’ Courtesy of PBS, Independent Lens.
Screen Time: Week of November 22, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Sian-Pierre Regis’ Duty Free is the story of the filmmaker teaming up with his...
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Terrick Trobough is a young white male actor wearing a white shirt, sitting on a church bench. He is wearing a cross. Image from Robert Greene’s ‘Procession.’ Courtesy of Netflix.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of November 15, 2021
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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Two colleagues, a transgender woman and a non-binary person, laughing in a meeting at work. Photo taken by Zackary Drucker. Courtsey of The Gender Spectrum Collection.
Four Ways To Be A Better Trans Ally in your Documentary Filmmaking
By KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR and HANSEN BURSIC Strong, meaningful allyship is one of the most powerful tools we have to change our industry for the better. Over the last few months, an important discussion...
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Two colleagues, a transgender woman and a non-binary person, laughing in a meeting at work. Photo taken by Zackary Drucker. Courtsey of The Gender Spectrum Collection.
Four Ways To Be A Better Trans Ally in your Documentary Filmmaking
By KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR and HANSEN BURSIC Strong, meaningful allyship is one of the most powerful tools we have to change our industry for the better. Over the last few months, an important discussion...
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IDA Member Spotlight: Katsitsionni Fox
Katsitsionni Fox is an artist, filmmaker and educator. She is Bear Clan from the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne. Her debut film was the award-winning Ohero:kon—Under the Husk, a 26-minute documentary that...
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