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Dear Readers, The image on the cover of this issue—from Bill Morrison's IDA Award-winning Dawson City: Frozen Time —tells a fascinating story. It's a
Dear Readers, Thanks to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, IDA is well into Year One of its Enterprise Documentary Fund, a program
Dear Readers, Over the past several months, we at IDA have presented a series of master classes by individuals who are at the top of their respective
Dear Readers, As we go to press, Americans are facing the possibility of losing some of our most cherished and vital federal agencies—namely, the
Dear Readers, Since The Election lurched half of America into a maelstrom of dread and anxiety, we in the documentary community have been retrenching
Dear Readers, The first Getting Real conference in 2014 bore all the resonance and impact of a stunning first film. Billed as a filmmaker-to-filmmaker
Dear Readers, Symptomatic of the digital era is the rapid evolution of new products into must-have commodities. Smart phones and tablets, introduced
Dear Readers, It’s Awards Season, that high-stakes, high-rolling extravaganza that runs from the Toronto International Film Festival to Oscars night
Dear Readers, Over the years, we haven’t committed as much editorial content to technical issues and information as we would like. So, in a step
Dear Readers, Over the past 15 years or so, our community has witnessed an extraordinary growth in utilizing the documentary as a vital tool for