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In a world increasingly crowded with film festivals, the 48th Flaherty Film Seminar was an odd bird. More like a cult indoctrination session than a pleasant film experience, the seminar is organized around a few simple and obsessive ideas. The first idea is that all of the attendees—filmmakers, students, film programmers, curators, academics and a few film-lovers—are required to attend all 20 sessions, each of which consists of a screening and an hour-long discussion. The second important facet is that none of the attendees is allowed to know the schedule, order or nature of the films before
As we enter the holiday season, IDA celebrates a banner year! Looking back at the challenges we've faced these past few years, which the Board of Directors and our dedicated staff have skillfully tackled, it gives me great satisfaction to have been of service to this organization while working to be part of its future! Nearing the end of 2006, we honor the finalists and winners of the 22nd Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards at our IDA Awards Gala Benefit on December 8. We salute the following individual honorees: Haskell Wexler, Career Achievement Award; Pat Aufderheide
I have always felt woefully ignorant of US history, mainly because I spent most of my time in high school classes nodding off, due to less-than-inspiring US history teachers. As I write this on Election Day, however, suddenly I'm wishing I'd paid a bit more time listening instead of napping. Luckily, PBS and WNET/Thirteen have come up with a solution. The Supreme Court, a four-part series about the history of the Supreme Court, premieres on PBS on January 31, 2007. The idea for the series was born about five years ago when executive producer Jody Sheff was thinking about what had not yet been
Good Cameras Make for Great Documentaries The students of San Pedro High School participating in IDA's Docs Rock program got new camers - thanks to the fundraising efforts of their teacher, Mr. Tony Saavedra, who used DonorsChoose.org to raise the money. Additional funding for the program was provided by City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs; Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council; and Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council. Thanks to all of you who donated. Here's a letter from Mr. Saavedra expressing his gratitude: I cannot begin to thank you enough for funding our need for
Usually when one is heading to a new place and wants to get an idea of the local culture, a few websites pop up as regular resources for everything from restaurant recommendations to local hikes. But for a deeper dive into the character of a place, the Internet has now become host to mini-documentaries that reveal what lurks beneath the surface of the generic tourism site. Once such series, California Is a Place, played this past fall in the DocLab at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and was featured as part of a "New Frontiers" panel at the 2011 Sundance Film
One can choose from a myriad of entertainment experiences these days, ranging from online computer games to outdoor theme parks. But with all this entertainment noise, one player has remained strong: Giant-screen cinemas have been around for decades longer than video games, and they are still a viable option for theatergoers of all ages. Giant-screen films, and in particular--nature and wildlife documentaries--have attracted millions of viewers for over 40 years as venues for this unique cinematic experience have proliferated by the hundreds. One of the earliest nature documentaries produced