March 18, 2020
Film festivals are so crucial to launching your film, giving it that initial exposure to key thought leaders in the press, test-driving it in front
IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund
February 5, 2020
When IDA launched the Enterprise Documentary Fund at Sundance 2017, the festival coincided with the Women's March and Trump's inauguration. The
February 2, 2020
John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson co-directed the Oscar-nominated documentary short Life Overtakes Me , an IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund grantee
November 16, 2019
We most often associate the radical activism of the 1960s and 1970s with people of color, students, women and veterans organizing to make systemic
April 30, 2019
Roman philosopher Seneca once said, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Apparently, Rachel Lears was listening. Her self-
April 2, 2019
One problem with speaking truth to power is that sometimes, the powerful don’t like it. Although filmmakers can significantly reduce the likelihood
February 19, 2019
As the third round of applications opens later this month on Thursday, February 28, we invited Assia Boundaoui to share her story behind the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund funded project and what it means to be a documentary journalist.
August 22, 2018
Though heroic activists have been pushing for change in policing across the country in recent years, they've mostly sprung from those communities
March 2, 2017
In the months leading up to the launch of the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund , we couldn't have anticipated the national public debate that would