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Christian Popp

Producer on Hawa documentary.

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Mixed-media sculptural and painted representation of nature in the night
Screen Time: Week of May 24, 2021
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:A bald Black man with glasses teaches a young boy with black hair how to engrave a casket with a drill.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of May 17, 2021
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Asian-American adult is standing in front of desert landscape, wearing pink tie-dye tee, black hair passed the shoulders with left side shaved.
IDA Member Spotlight: Sue Ding
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Logos of International Documentary Association (IDA) and argo against a bright blue background
IDA Announces Member Benefits with Argo
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One Latino man, wearing a grey suit jacket, plays the violin, while the other, wearing a black suit jacket, watches and smiles.
Doc Stars of the Month: Aldo Lopez-Gavilan and Ilmar Gavilan, 'Los Hermanos'
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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
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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
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Clinical trial samples being prepared for testing in the laboratory at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute, UK.
BBC and CNN Team Up On 'Race for the Vaccine'
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A hand is holding a smartphone with a speech recording app open
Recording Phone Calls for a Documentary; Postmortem Right of Publicity
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Two FBI agents in gear standing next to a big black armored SUV
Fake Filmmakers: When the FBI Impersonates Documentarians
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Cover of ebook, ​In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1
In Their Own Words: A Compact and Accessible Digital Guide to the Masters of Nonfiction Filmmaking
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notes from the reel world
Notes From The Reel World, Spring 2021
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Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2021
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NORMAL GETS US NOWHERE
After the Pandemic, Can a More Racially Just, Equitable Documentary Field Emerge?
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Why Challenging White Supremacy Matters
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A light-skinned man wearing mask is sitting behind two large cinecameras on tripod, filming a Latino woman in the kitchen.
How Columbia Journalism School Coped with COVID
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Back of a football player facing the field, his blue helmet has a horizontal tape with BELIEVE written with sharpie.
From Funder to Producer to Funder: The Learning Journey Continues
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Tires burning in the middle of the road, two Indian police officers are walking by with batons in hand and crowd watching on the side of the road
Anand Patwardhan's 'Jai Bhim Comrade'
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Collage of 3 photos, each with a person standing in front of the ocean
Practicing What You Preach: Examples of Accountable Documentary Filmmaking
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Logo of Undocumented Filmmakers Collective overlaid Zoom meeting screenshot
Undocumented but Unstoppable: The Undocumented Filmmakers Collective
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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
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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
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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
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An Asian woman of Malaysian Chinese origin with shoulder-length black hair. She is wearing a black turtleneck & in front of a brick wall.
Poh Si Teng Reflects on Her Long Road to IDA
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The late Beth Bird sits in a restaurant, smiling; she has short blond hair, and is wearing a blue jacket over a black shirt.
In Memoriam: Beth Bird - Filmmaker, Former IDA Board Member
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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
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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
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Vector graphic of two people sitting behind a meeting table, looking to the left. The person in front is invisible to them, blending into the wall
Microaggression in the Documentary Business: Who Do You See at the Table?
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Philly DA Larry Krasner, wearing glasses, a dark suit and a blue-striped tie, sits at an office desk in front of a file cabinet.
Doc Star of the Month: Larry Krasner, 'Philly D.A.'
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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
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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
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A man in his 30s, wearing a black overcoat, stands on a country road
Which Way 'Up'? After Michael Apted's Passing, The Series Participants Look Back
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An activist, holding a microphone and wearing a black blazer over a blue shirt, addresses a protest in Brooklyn, New York.
Screen Time: Week of April 5, 2021
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A screenshot of IDA's Grant Writing workshop with Dana Merwin, Zippy Kimundu, Meena Nanji and ASL Interpreter Mara Bassani-Santamaria
5 Tips to Perfect Your Grant Proposal
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PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger at a podium, wearing a white blazer over a black blouse with the PBS logo behind her.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 29, 2021
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A collage of IDA-supported film stills in black and white with a light green overlay, and the IDA and Hot Docs logos placed on top.
IDA-supported Documentaries at Hot Docs 2021
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The photo depicts a Black woman standing over an open casket, her right arm raised in praise; she wears a protective face mask, as well as a dark suit.
Screen Time: Week of March 29, 2021
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A rally for justice for Vincent Chin. His mother is speaking behind a podium.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 22, 2021
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A photo of filmmaker Justine Armen, a mixed-race woman with dark brown curly hair wearing a blue and red baseball cap and white coat, looking to the side and smiling.
IDA Member Spotlight: Justine Armen
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The image shows a close-up profile of a government official, sitting at a desk with his colleagues, examining documents. He has dark hair and glasses and is wearing a white shirt and a dark tie.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 15, 2021
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A woman is particpating in a demonstration on a city street; she carries a sign that reads "Democracy without cliteracy? Phallusy."
The Feedback: Maria Finitzo's 'The Dilemma of Desire'
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In this black-and-white portrait of Judy Irola, she has short brunette hair and glasses, she is wearing a leather jacket and she is posing with her arms crossed across her chest.
Judy Irola, Trailblazing Filmmaker and Educator, Dies of COVID
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A woman from the film swings on a swing in the middle of a playground; her head is upside-down as she faces the camera.
Screen Time: Week of March 15, 2021
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A collage of Shirley Clarke, Agnès Varda, Cheryl Dunye, Alice Guy-Blaché, Barbara Kopple and Madeline Anderson against a background of a close up leaf, with the words "I Am Somebody" faded into the background.
Documentaries to Watch: Women's History Behind the Camera
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At right, A reporter from an India-based digital platform is kneeling while interviewing an Indian woman who is seated at left, in her living space with her family. The reporter is filming with a smartphone in her right hand , nd is wearing an emerald green sari
Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 8, 2021
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Arlet is a brown-skinned Latina, and she is posing in front of a staircase.
Doc Star of the Month: Arlet Guallpa, COVID Diaries NYC
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Justice Ginsburg is pictured here at a press conference, in front of a bank of microphones, and she is wearing a red-and-white striped shirt.
Screen Time: Week of March 8, 2021
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Dylan is a white woman, with red hair, in her early 30s; she is sitting at a desk next to a window, and she is looking at a photo album.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 1, 2021
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The marquee of the Egyptian Theatre, one of the venues of the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance and TIFF Press Inclusion Initiatives: Reflections from an Awardee
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Zaylin, one of the dogs featured in Elizabeth Lo's 'Stray,' sits in the meridian of an Istanbul boulevard watching the cars pass by.
How Elizabeth Lo Filmed the Life of Street Dogs in 'Stray'
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