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Three Black women in long skirts singing, one Black man playing the guitar. They are on stage. There are three microphones.
Screen Time: Week of May 17, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. When the pandemic put a halt to our travel plans, little did we imagine that we...
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A Black boy, wearing a golden crown and a pink shirt, sits on the lap of a Black woman in a striped dress. A Black girl takes a photo.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of May 10, 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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Why Challenging White Supremacy Matters
This past year was challenging and full of despair. The names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and numerous others lost to police brutality and white supremacy galvanized a nationwide...
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Actor Chadwick Boseman, a Black man wearing a striped shirt, patterned tie, grey vest and pants, sits at a piano, his back to the keyboard
Screen Time: Week of April 26, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Although he did not capture the Best Actor Oscar for his final role, in Ma...
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A deep-sea diver, wearing goggles and a wet suit and holding a camera, examines an octopus on the bed of the ocean.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 19, 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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Woman of Korean-descent, she has a big smile and blonde hair to her shoulders. She is looking to her right, in the snow at night with a moose sculpture behind her.
IDA Member Spotlight: Sue Kim
Sue Kim is the daughter of Korean immigrants. She was raised in Detroit, Michigan, and she graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in English Literature. Before moving into documentary filmmaking, she...
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A still from 'Do Not Split', nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 93rd Academy Awards. The frame shows three young protestors in Hong Kong running down an empty street with a shopping cart.
Screen Time: Watch Best Documentary Short Oscar Nominees
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. The 93rd Academy Award Nominations are out, and with it are the five incredible...
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A group of 19th century Seminole tribespeople, wearing long-sleeved tunics and armed with bows & arrows, guard their dwelling.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 12, 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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2 far-right extremists, dressed in flannel shirts, bullet-proof vests and baseball caps, outside the US Capitol on January 6.
Screen Time: Week of April 12, 2021
Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Premiering April 13 on PBS’ FRONTLINE, American Insurrection, a collaboration...
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The IDFA festival director, mic in hand and wearing a black jacket, addresses the audience in front of a blue curtain.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 5, 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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