Spring 2017

The Bottom Line:
Facing the Future of Film Funding Spring 2017

The documentary community is facing the loss of vital sources of public funding—which, in turn, have spurred further support from foundations, corporations and individuals. That said, we devote the Spring issue to funding, fundraising and sustainability.

Spring 2017

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Features

Creating a Path for Sustainability in the Documentary World

By Michael Bracy & Cynthia LopezBy Michael Bracy...

ByIDAEditorial Staff

The Messy Truth behind a Day Job as a Documentarian

I was sitting at an IDA-produced summit on...

ByLanceKramer

A Face in the Crowd: Kickstarter's Liz Cook Charts a Sustainable Path for Documentary Crowdfunding

Last December, the popular crowdfunding platform...

ByAkivaGottlieb

Something's Gotta Give: Documentary Funds Adapt to a New Political Climate

At the IDA's first Getting Real Conference in fall...

ByLaurenKushner

think BIG, take RISKS, be BOLD

The IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund: Where Journalism and Filmmaking Meet

In the months leading up to the launch of the IDA...

ByCarrieLozano

Columns

Independent Spirit: Milestone's 'Magic Box' Restores Shirley Clarke to the Avant-Garde Pantheon

By CynthiaClose

James Longley's 'Iraq in Fragments'

By SharmeenObaid-Chinoy

Notes from the Reel World, Spring 2017

By SimonKilmurry

Letters to the Editor, Spring 2017

By IDAEditorial Staff

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2017

By TomWhite

Documentary Sound: Setting up a Wireless System

By alanbarker

Ripple Effect: 'The Prison in Twelve Landscapes' Traces the Geography of the Carceral State

By TOMGIANAKOPOULOS

Drawing the Line: Jedd and Todd Wider Examine Civil Liberties of the Mentally Ill in 'God Knows Where I Am'

By JaneDubzinski

Documentary Film, Journalism Intersect in Groundbreaking Academic Program in Missouri

By AlanGoforth