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November 1997

The 1997 IDA Documentary Awards November 1997

We honor the finalists and winners of the 13th Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.

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November 1997

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A man looks down at a young child with a tube in his nose, from Thierry Michel's 'Donka, X-Ray of An African Hospital (Donka, radioscopie d'un hopital africain).'
1997 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards
Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards SCARY...
ByIDAEditorial Staff
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A woman walks with a photo of Nelson Mandela projected onto the background.
1997 Pare Lorentz Award Winner: 'Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation'
This award recognizes films that demonstrate...
ByIDAEditorial Staff
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A crowded room of smiling faces from Robert Clem's 'Big Jim Folsom: The Faces of Populism.'
1997 ABCNEWS VideoSource Award: Big Jim Folson: The Two Faces of Populism
BIG JIM FOLSOM: THE TWO FACES OF POPULISM Produced...
ByIDAEditorial Staff
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A black-and-white photo of a man holding a camera lens.
1997 Preservation & Scholarship Award: Jonas Mekas
When Jonas Mekas arrived in New York City, in 1949...
ByIDAEditorial Staff
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A group of young people balance on a raft, from Carlos Bosch's 'Cuba's Rafters [Balseros].'
1997 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards Nominees
Feature Documentaries Nominees CUBA'S RAFTERS...
ByIDAEditorial Staff
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Henry Hampton wears a tie smiles and poses for the camera.
1997 Career Achievement Award: Henry Hampton
Known widely as the creator and executive producer...
ByIDAEditorial Staff
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Steven Spielberg leans on a Panavision camera.
1997 Amicus Awards: Steven Spielberg and the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
Steven Spielberg is one of the world's most...
ByIDAEditorial Staff
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A man stands on a podium with a giant poster that reads 'Kane' in the back. Most first-time viewers of 'Citizen Kane' don't realize that the News on the March short that opens the film is a clever parody of a series of theatrical shorts produced by Time, Inc.
Documentary and News... News and Documentary
Documentary began, of course, before television...
ByHenryBreitrose
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Jana Elliott, a while older lady with glasses, captured while talking. From Bertram Verhaag and Claus Strigel, 'Blue Eyed' profiles the life and work of Jana Elliott, a former teacher who was the subject of the 1960s film 'Eye of the Storm' and who has committed herself to leading a fight against prejudice and racism in society
First Urbanworld Film Festival
Forty years ago, a forum to examine Black culture...
ByStevenMontgomery
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Columns
Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, November 1997
By DavidHaugland
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