January 6, 2022 Notes from the Reel World, Winter 2022 Dear IDA Community, February 6, 2022 marked IDA’s 40th anniversary. In 1982, filmmakers-turned-psychotherapists Linda Buzzell and Larry Saltzman, Read more
December 2, 2021 Notes from the Reel World, Fall 2021 Dear Documentary Community, As the documentary financing business model continues to evolve, so have the strategies that filmmakers must pursue in Read more
October 1, 2021 Notes from the Reel World, Summer 2021 Dear Documentary Community, It has been about four months since I assumed the role of Executive Director of IDA. What excites me most about this Read more
May 8, 2021 Notes From The Reel World, Spring 2021 Dear Documentary Community, My hope as the past year came to a close—a year that saw a steady and seemingly unending stream of challenges—was that Read more
February 8, 2021 Notes From The Reel World, Winter 2021 Dear Documentary Community, This past fall, I announced that I would be stepping down from IDA in 2021. Over the past few months we’ve all been Read more
October 17, 2020 Notes From The Reel World, Fall 2020 Dear IDA Community, We are in an extraordinary time. I have been asked many times how one can process what is happening in America at this moment in Read more
August 7, 2020 Notes From The Reel World, Summer 2020 Dear IDA Community, It has been a dizzying and discombobulating six months since the coronavirus upended our lives, forcing us to stay at home and Read more
June 6, 2020 Notes From The Reel World, Spring 2020 Dear IDA Community, We recognize that we are living in a time of enormous injustice, but also of potentially historic change. The deep injustice on Read more
March 2, 2020 Notes From The Reel World, The Executive Director's Column: Winter 2020 Dear Documentary Community, In early December 2019, we gathered for the 35th annual IDA Documentary Awards . It was an evening to celebrate the very Read more
October 30, 2019 Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column, Fall 2019 Dear IDA Community, Over the past 20 plus years working in this field, I have been very fortunate to travel around the world to various film Read more