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Still from "On the Edge," directed by Nicolas Peduzzi. From overhead, a man in a white doctor's coat descends down a series of stairs.
CPH:DOX 2023: Finding a Way Forward in Crisis
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Member Spotlight: Rodrigo Reyes
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A white board and projector stand sitting on a green screen in a studio.
The Rise of Documentaries at Wesleyan University
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Photograph of Judy Heumann waving at the camera and smiling.
Remembering Judy Heumann: ‘Changing the Face of Disability in Media’
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From Victoria Linares Villegas It Runs in the Family. Courtesy of True/False. Hand holding a black and white photo in focus of three people in front of a large statue and building.
The Missing Link in Documentary Ethics: The Viewer
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Purple book cover titled The Female Gaze in Documentary Film: An International Perspective. Features face of six people of different ethnic backgrounds.
'The Female Gaze in Documentary Film' is Expansive and International
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Photograph of a room filled with multiple people seated and clapping in applause. The focus is on Chris Boeckmann, Getting Real '22 Programmer, who is wearing brown pants and a light olive green long-sleeved button-up, sitting in front of a black backdrop.
Reflections of a First-Time Attendee
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From Sir David Attenborough’s Our Planet. Photo: Huw Cordey/Netflix/Silverback. Among green trees hangs a light brown monkey.
Reflections on Images of Violence
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Black and white photo of a naked baby running on the beach. Adult person is laying in the sand on stomach wearing a baseball cap, swimsuit, and sunglasses.
Playback: Su Friedrich's 'Sink or Swim'
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Conference room with yellow chairs, camera equipment and two people in the background wearing dark blue tops and gray bottoms. Sign on glass door in foreground with Conference Room schedule.
Sustenance Without Sacrifices: Towards Equitable Workplaces
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IDA Member Spotlight: Stacie McClam
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An article titled Purple Fame on the left with an image of Prince on the right, outlined in black and purple amidst an orange background.
Legal FAQ
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Still image from Nanfu Wang’s "Hooligan Sparrow." Ye Haiyan, a fair complexioned adult with black hair, stands at the beach wearing a black dress with blue, green, and white designs. She is holding a sign with simplified Chinese characters.
How I Got Here (Nanfu Wang GR '22 keynote)
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Two people sitting in chairs. Person on left is holding a microphone up to their face, wearing a floral skirt, black sweater, and black shoes. Person on right is holding a microphone down with a big smile, wearing a black and white polka dot skirt with a black sweater and black heels.
The Discomfort of Change (Erika Dilday GR '22 keynote)
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IDA celebrates its 41th anniversary this week and all memberships are 20% off until February 17, 2023.
IDA Turns 41: Get 20% off on all Memberships this Week!
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two people sitting in chairs on a stage. one person, dark brown skin, black glasses, black hair, dressed in all black, the other is fair skin complexion, with white hair, dress in all black
A Declaration of Independence (Anand Patwardhan GR '22 keynote)
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Liyah Mitchell appears in KOKOMO CITY by D. Smith, an official selection of the NEXT section at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. | Photo by D. Smith
At Sundance 2023, Corporate Docs Nab the Spotlight, But Bold Independent Nonfiction Shines
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IDA Announces Renewal of Special Member Benefits with Getty Images
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Images courtesy of "What These Walls Won't Hold" film: Under dappled sunlight in a parking lot, a family reunifies with a loved one. Standing a respectful distance away is a photographer wearing a blue puffy jacket
People, Not Stories: Pathways to Accountability in Prison Documentaries
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IDA Member Spotlight: Afton Quast Saler
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Fast Foreword, The Editor's Column, Winter 2023
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IDA and DWU Union Negotiation Regular Updates
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The Feedback: Arden Teresa Lewis' 'Leveling Lincoln'
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A woman with brown skin stares at the camera. Her dark brown curly hair drapes over her face, and a black and purple shawl is wrapped around her shoulders.
IDA Member Spotlight: Jasmín Mara López
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Rethinking Representation: The IDA AwardsTeam Reflects on their Process
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The Short Docs Pathway--Long on Visibility and Virality, Slim on Sustainability
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Screen Time: Week of December 12, 2022
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Julia Reichert, a white woman with short grey hair, glasses, and a striped shirt, participates in an on-stage conversation, presented in 2019 by IDA.. Photo: Laura Ahmed
Julia Reichert, 1946-2022: A Filmmaker with the Heart and Soul of an Organizer
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Panelists on stage at the “Trust” DOC NYC PRO session. Photo courtesy of DOC NYC.
DOC NYC 2022: Trust Territory
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collage of film stills: woman in pink dress with man in white and black shirt, teens holding plastic guns with bullet proof vests on, man in african garb holding up his hands in praise in the middle of a crowd, tall plastic figure of a man in a black suit, woman sitting down with hand to head, man and woman sitting next to each other wearing suits, disabled person in a wheelchair holding a big Q block, man in all black turning around in a chair, man in blue checkered short with a white cowboy hat.
Ten IDA-Supported Films You Should Watch Before the New Year
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Amir George (left) , the new artistic director of Kartemquin Films, with his predecessor, Founder/Artistic Director Gordon Quinn (right). Amir is a Black man with a beard, wearing a white sweatshirt, and Gordon is a white man with gray hair and glasses, wearing a grey coat over a purple button-down shirt. . Photo courtesy of Anthony Kauffman
Community, Advocacy and Change: Kartemquin Films Moves Forward
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A black-and-white photo of Colette, an African woman with hair parted to one side, flanked by black-and-white photos of African families. From Alain Kassanda’s ‘Colette et Justin.’ Courtesy of IDFA
IDFA 2022: Decolonization, Ethics, Archives
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Bob the Drag Queen poses in drag, dressed in a red, white and blue cowgirl outfit. From “We’re Here.” Photo courtesy of Greg Endries/HBO.
Screen Time: Week of November 28, 2022
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Reggae legend and football fan Bob Marley, in dreadlocks and beard and wearing a dark jersey, dribbles a football. From ‘Legacy:Rhythm of the Game.’
Despite a Plutocrats' World Cup, The Beautiful Game Inspires Beautiful Docs
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Headshot depicts Miroslava Gonzalez, a storyteller, community advocate, Producer, Writer and Director. She has long brown hair, green eyes and is wearing a teal-colored sweater.
IDA Member Spotlight: Miroslava Gonzalez Coronado
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A woman protestor, with shoulder-length brown hair, dressed in black and wearing glasses, is sitting on the ground looking over her shoulder. From Maia Kenworthy & Elena Sanchez Bellot's “Rebellion.” Photo courtesy of DOK Leipzig.
DOK Leipzig Takes on the Climate Crisis with "Time To Act! Our House Is on Fire"
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Zarifa Ghafari, an Afghan woman with black shoulder-length hair, wearing a black coat and a red patterned scarf and a surgical mask around her neck, is sitting in the back seat of a moving car, looking out the window. From Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen’s In Her Hands. Courtesy of Netflix ©2022
Doc Star of the Month: Zarifa Ghafari, 'In Her Hands'
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A group of trans women and crossdressing men gathering in Upstate New York in the 1960s. From Sébastien Lifshitz’s “Casa Susanna”. Photo courtesy of TIFF.
The Docs at TIFF 2022: Uncovering, Unveiling, Discovering
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IDFA Artistic Dierctor Orwa Nyrabia, shown delivering a keynote address on a large screen at the 2018 Getting Real conference, is a Syrian man with a beard, wearing a dark sweater. Photo courtesy of AMPAS
Essential Doc Reads: Week of November 11, 2022
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Noriaki Tsuchimoto, a Japanese man wearing glasses, stares out into the ocean. Photo courtesy of Motoko Tsuchimoto.
Enduring Ethics: Noriaki Tsuchimoto’s Cinema
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A person holds up three fingers standing in front of a line of police in riot gear. From ‘Myanmar Diaries.’ Photo courtesy of Double Exposure Film Festival.
Double Exposure Film Festival 2022 Goes Beyond the Headlines
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Protestors of gerrymandering gather outside of the Supreme Court, from Chris Durrance and Barak Goodman's ‘Slay the Dragon’. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Screen Time: Week of November 7, 2022
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Carrie Lozano, the Sundance Institute’s Director of Documentary Film and Artists Program, is a Latinx woman with glasses and brown hair. She is wearing a blue-and-black striped scarf over a blue denim shirt.. Photo: Miguel Mendoza
Engaging the Impossible: What I Learned from the Investigative Journalism Space
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Heavily armed troops, wearing body armor, face shields and helmets, march through the streets of Moscow at night. From Gesbeen Mohammed’s ‘Putin’s War at Home,’ a ‘Frontline’ production currently streaming on PBS.org. Courtesy of ‘Frontline’.
Essential Doc Reads: Week of October 31, 2022
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Dilma Rousseff, the former president of Brazil, is applauded while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, her predecessor, who was just elected president for the second time, on October 30, 2022, raises her hand in the air. From Petra Costa’s ‘The Edge of Democracy.’ Photo courtesy of Netflix.
Screen Time: Week of October 31, 2022
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Harry Belafonte is a Black man, bald, smiling, wearing a grey hoodie and sitting on a chair, in front of a bookshelf. From Elvis Mitchell’s ‘Is That Black Enough For You?!?’ Courtesy of netflix
Essential Doc Reads: Week of October 24, 2022
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A woman wearing black adjusts her eye makeup in the mirror, while a red-headed woman wearing glasses looks at the camera in the foreground. From ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.’ Photo courtesy of Neon.
60 Years On, the New York Film Festival Stays Strong
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Fast Foreword, The Editor's Column, Fall 2022
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A man stands at the top of stairs while birds fly around him. All images from Shaunak Sen’s ‘All That Breathes.’ Courtesy of Cinetic Media.
Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes': A Great Gray Triangulation of Air, Birds and Men
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Headshot of a young white woman with long black hair and a black top in front of a purple wall. On the left side of the picture, we see Woman (in green), Life (in white), and Freedom (in red).
IDA Member Spotlight: Nazanin Nematollahi
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