Dear Readers, Making documentaries, as we all know, is a difficult profession, one with more psychic, spiritual and artistic rewards than monetary
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Dear IDA Members: Most of us involved in the nonfiction world must travel to accomplish our goals of production, research or sales. Travel today is
Dear Readers, A few weeks from now, the furious spate of political documentaries that has dominated the big and small screens will come to a crescendo
The quest for freedom and the restraints of race are opposing themes that resonate in almost all of Ken Burns' films, from The Civil War to Baseball
Dear Readers, Twenty years ago, the IDA hosted a group of prestigious filmmakers and members of the documentary community, honoring them with the
Dear IDA Members, What will 2005 bring for the documentary world? I make no predictions, but it does look good. The year 2004 was impressive, no
On the US presidential election...
Dear IDA Members: For the past three years, I've heard, "This is the Year of the Documentary." In a line of great documentaries including The
On the mandated broadcast hour...