Eddie Schmidt's valedictory address.
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When I first saw documentaries, I made two exciting discoveries: Men and women were making movies about the people I was curious about, but with whom I thought I had no way of interacting; and there was an audience--like me--who wanted to watch these movies. Documentaries were compelling, moving, unforgettable stories that brought us, the audience, inside real lives. These discoveries were so overwhelming to me that I was eventually able to change careers and become a documentary filmmaker myself. I remembered feeling haunted by the images and voices in these films speaking to me after the
The New York Community Trust recently renewed its support of IDA's Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund, which provides production support for the creation of original, independent documentary films that illuminate pressing issues in the United States. Over the next two years, the IDA will make ten grants (five each year) of $15,000 to $25,000 to documentary projects that tell a compelling story and focus on one of documentary pioneer Pare Lorentz's central concerns-the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all or the illumination of pressing social problems. In addition, the
'The Interrupters' airs February 14 on PBS' 'Frontline.'
NBCUniversal Archives continues to support the documentary film community by becoming donors to the IDA at the Trustee level.
Official film selections and experts chosen for the U.S. Department of State's overseas program.
Nancy Buirski's 'The Loving Story' airs February 14 on HBO.
'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' airs January 12 on HBO.
Lee Hirsch's 'Bully' opens March 30 through The Weinstein Company.
Two documentary filmmakers lose their lives in an Australian helicopter accident.