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A screening of Tiffany Shlain's Connected at Encounter Documentary Film Festival of South Africa From the moment I found out I was being "deployed" to Cape Town, South Africa to screen my film Connected for the US State Department's American Film Showcase, to the moment I left, it was like watching a scratchy piece of film footage transforming into reality. I have always been fascinated by South Africa, from reading about the struggle against apartheid and Nelson Mandela's courage, to learning, while in production on Connected, about the resonant African philosophy called Ubuntu, which means
Two documentary filmmakers awarded Genius Grants of $500,000, no strings attached.
On Sunday, June 17, I arrived in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, in the middle of the night after a 25-hour flight. The airport was small and rather empty, but then again, it was after midnight in a remote part of the world. I did not know what to expect, but was excited about the challenges and possibilities of coming to Burundi, a country that few people know about. I was here as a film expert under the auspices of the US State Department-sponsored American Film Showcase and its grantees, the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts and partners IDA and Film
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Editor’s Note: On September 28 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles, IDA will present Alex Gibney in conversation with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz. Catch this blazing documentary star while you can, when he slows down just long enough for a special evening of electrifying clips and engrossing conversation. Learn more and purchase tickets. Like most people, I was a distant observer of the Enron scandal. I had heard about "Kenny Boy" Lay, special purpose entities, stock option—seven mark-to-market accounting. But I never imagined that the story would make a good film. Then I
NBCUniversal and Telemundo, ABC and Univision, Fox and Colombia’s RCN—all of these major networks recognize the opportunities in providing content to the growing U.S. Latino and Hispanic population and the importance of including second-generation viewers who want content in English and Spanish. The demand for content is as diverse as the viewership and includes the full spectrum of non-fiction programming, from news to lifestyle programming to documentary series. As a documentary filmmaker, how can you leverage the opportunities available with this new demand for content? What stories are
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