April 20, 2022 The Brazilian Cinematheque's Fight for a New Start Since early 2020, the COVID pandemic has taken a merciless toll on film institutions and festivals around the world. But for Cinemateca Brasileira , Read more
April 16, 2022 IDA Member Spotlight: Gerardo del Valle Gerardo del Valle is a video journalist from Guatemala currently based in New York City. His work explores the people behind the headlines and the Read more
February 24, 2022 Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: Cecilia Aldarondo–A Validation of Latinx Independence Since 2003, IDA has presented the Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award to a filmmaker whose early work exhibits extraordinary promise and expands the Read more
December 21, 2021 Update: Deported Infiltrators protagonist Claudio Rojas returns to the U.S. Nearly three years after being deported following the world premiere of Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra’s The Infiltrators at Sundance, activist Read more
November 19, 2021 The High-Risk, Low-Return Life of a Fixer in Latin America In July 2021, Mexican "fixer" Miguel Angel Vega was approached by a European television channel. It was the same type of request he was used to Read more
October 20, 2021 Óscar Molina's 'La Casa de Mama Icha': Filming Longing in Documentary How do you make nostalgia visible? Or a house you only dream about? It took Óscar Molina a long time in the editing room to answer those questions. Read more
October 4, 2021 Documentaries to Watch for National Hispanic Heritage Month Between September and October 15, we celebrate the culture and contributions of the vast and diverse Hispanic communities that call the US their home Read more
August 27, 2021 Rodrigo Reyes Tours '499' Documentary through Mexico, 500 Years after the Aztec Empire On the eve of the 500th anniversary of the fall of the Aztec capital at the hands of the Spanish Conquistadors and their allies, filmmaker Rodrigo Read more
July 29, 2021 A Body of BIPOC Documentaries at Tribeca 2021 On a very hot day earlier in June, I made my way to New York City’s Hudson River Park, one of the many new homes for this year’s Tribeca Festival . Read more
July 21, 2021 'Stateless' Confronts Anti-Blackness in the Dominican Republic and Haiti On September 13, 2013, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic ruled that children born to non-citizens in the country since 1929 are not Read more