Based on the award-winning book $2 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer, the film examines a level of extreme poverty in America that most people don’t think exists.
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AFS x IDA’s Film Diplomacy: Connecting the World Through Storytelling
Thu. September 12, 2019 @ 7:00pmRenaissance Ballroom Area, 7th Floor218 West 35th StreetNew York, NY 10001United StatesJoin us for a NYC panel discussion about the power of cultural exchange through documentary storytelling.
Online FeatureApril 18, 2017
One out of every four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. Approximately 4-5 women are killed each day in the U.S. from the same. Until this poignant documentary, there has been scant focus (if any) on DV solutions. Most documentaries treating the subject offer a revelatory...
October 5, 2013
October 5, 2013
Doc U: Master Class with Executive Producer/Director Abigail Disney
Sat. October 17, 2015 @ 10:00amIDA Offices3470 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 980Los Angeles, CA 90010United StatesExecutive Producer/Director Abigail Disney (The Armor of Light; Pray the Devil Back to Hell) kicks off IDA’s 2015/16 season of Master Classes with this special session that focuses on the important role of the Executive Producer on docs.
Online FeatureDecember 1, 2016
1990: 100K US AIDS deaths. Government attacks 4 artists, 3 of them queer. Now a film about 1: JOHN FLECK IS WHO YOU WANT HIM TO BE.
Our Mary Corse Artist: Light, Truth, Perception documentary film tells the story of California contemporary artist, Mary Corse, who began painting at twelve, reaching artist maturity at the age of eighteen. Mary has consistently produced important artwork for over 50 years, examining the subtle...
Online FeatureNovember 21, 2011
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FeatureJuly 1, 1998
Online FeatureOctober 9, 2017
Paintings by Basquiat and Gerhard Richter sell at auction for tens of millions of dollars; a multi-story inflatable ballerina by Jeff Koons dwarfs visitors at Rockefeller Center; a solid gold toilet by Maurizio Cattelan is...
The natural way of the cultural wave: we generally experience that musical and cultural trends shift from an outstanding position within public opinion to near utter rejection, refusal and ridicule, through an ever-shortening period of time. However, if that period of time is extended, to often...
What's New: A Conversation with Showtime Networks' Vinnie Malhotra
Wed. May 18, 2016 @ 4:30pmIDA Offices3470 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 980Los Angeles, CA 90010United StatesJoin us and Showtime Networks’ Vinnie Malhotra, Senior Vice President, Documentaries, Unscripted, and Sports Programming, for the next installment in our What’s New series, in which prominent industry leaders in documentary present up-to-the-minute information about what’s happening in the documentary landscape and discuss new opportunities for filmmakers.
Online FeatureJanuary 31, 2019
Which Way Home
Sat. March 6, 2010 @ 4:00pmWriters Guild Theater135 S. Doheny DrBeverly Hills, CA 90211