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IDA Conversation Series

Our signature conversation series features a stellar lineup of prominent documentary filmmakers.


Los Angeles
CA
Doc U presents a conversation with filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Crude, Brother's Keeper, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) followed by a special preview screening of HBO Documentary Films' Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, the third documentary feature Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky have produced for HBO over the past two decades covering the trials, convictions and incarceration of the West Memphis 3.
Los Angeles
CA
Join moderator Marjan Safinia for an intimate conversation with Doug Block, and learn more about the risks and rich rewards of making a personal documentary film, and the wisdom he's gained from a lifelong career as a documentary filmmaker.
Los Angeles
CA
Doc U presents an in-depth conversation with Steve James, the award-winning producer-director of Hoop Dreams, the landmark documentary hailed by critic Roger Ebert as "the great American documentary."
Los Angeles
CA
October's exceptional Doc U session features a live appearance by Lucy Walker, a rising star of documentary filmmaking whose recent films Waste Land and Countdown To Zero have been dominating 2010's major festivals.