February 13, 2019 Justice Is Served!: The Notorious 'RBG' If we listed Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s numerous accolades, films, documentary news programs and teaching credentials—namely all the reasons they Read more
October 16, 2017 Ramona S. Diaz's 'Motherland': Documenting Grace, Kindness and Organized Chaos in the World's Busiest Maternity Ward In Motherland , award-winning Filipina-American filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz takes us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, in one Read more
July 27, 2016 All Eyes on 'Sparrow': Documenting the Dangers of Activism in China http://www.documentary.org/sites/default/files/images/articles/HooliganS..."> Nanfu Wang feels safe in New York. Surveillance, that essential Read more
February 17, 2016 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on 'A Girl in the River' and Honor Killings in Pakistan Editor's note: Over the next few weeks, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the films that have been honored by the Academy of Motion Read more
August 8, 2012 Chinese Roots, American Homes: 'Somewhere Between' Explores Identity and Growing Up Among Teen Adoptees When Linda Goldstein Knowlton adopted her now seven-year-old daughter, Ruby, from China, she knew that one day Ruby would have some questions that Read more
January 3, 2010 'Lake of Fire' Looks at the Abortion Debate: Assessing Tony Kaye's New Film After watching the news about a Springfield, Missouri abortion clinic that was about to close last week because it finally lost a long legal battle Read more
February 16, 2008 Out of Africa: 'A Walk to Beautiful' Humanizes a Devastating Disease Last December, A Walk to Beautiful won the IDA Award for Best Feature Documentary. Directed by Mary Olive Smith and co-directed by Amy Bucher, Walk Read more
December 15, 2004 Taking on the Taliban with Truth: Afghani Women Trade Burqas for Cameras She is young, pretty, petite. She faces a hostile group of men who claim the Koran decrees that women should cover their faces, and dares to tell Read more
Meet the DocuWeeks Filmmakers: Mai Iskander--'Words of Witness' Over the next month, we at IDA will be introducing our community to the filmmakers whose work is represented in the DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary Read more