May 5, 2022 Movies that Matter Spotlights New Documentaries by Afghan Filmmakers August 15, 2021 marked the Taliban’s capture of the Afghan capital of Kabul, culminating a shockingly swift offensive that began in May. The Taliban Read more
February 23, 2022 Curation Is Not Censorship What is the responsibility of programmers when it comes to discerning whether a film deserves the platform and profile of a major festival? In a Read more
February 1, 2022 Why Filmmakers Have Had a Problem With 'Jihad Rehab' for Years Documentary filmmakers have been raising alarm bells about this year’s Sundance competition documentary Jihad Rehab for over a year, claiming it Read more
January 31, 2022 Islamophobia and the Tyranny of Empathy: The Case of 'Jihad Rehab' This past weekend I got cozy on my living room couch and attended my first screening of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival— the premiere of Meg Smaker’s Read more
September 10, 2021 Pathways of Aid for Afghan Refugees: How the Documentary Community can Help For over four weeks, a small team of colleagues from the D-Word online community has been frantically working to help our list of 75 Afghan nationals Read more
August 18, 2021 The Afghanistan We Know and Fight For: Filmmakers Share Shards of Memories */ By Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei We are writing this with sleepless eyes, shaking hands, and knots in our stomachs that grow tighter with Read more
February 7, 2020 'The Cave' Spotlights Women on the Syrian Warfront Syrian documentary filmmaker Feras Fayyad has been battling his whole professional life. First, he was battling to keep his family safe (he's still Read more
February 1, 2020 'Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl)': Growing Up Female in Afghanistan Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an ultra-conservative patriarchal society? If your answer is, "No, it's already depressing Read more
November 16, 2019 Courage Under Fire Award: Waad al-Kateab Captures Life During Wartime For Sama , shot, directed and produced by Waad al-Kateab, is a harrowing love letter to al-Kateab’s daughter Sama, who was born on the last day of Read more
August 10, 2019 The Feedback: Ofra Bloch's 'Afterward' Since IDA's DocuClub was relaunched in 2016 as a forum for sharing and soliciting feedback about works-in-progress, many DocuClub alums have since Read more