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Notes from the Reel World

Happy New Year! IDA begins 1998 with more members than at any time in history. A recent surge in new members has pushed our world­wide membership to
It gives me great pleasure to announce another "first" for the IDA as we conclude one of our most active years in history. Through the tireless and
Recognition of outstanding achievement in documentary filmmaking inspired the creation of the IDA Awards in 1985. This year's exceptional field of
... and now for a brief look back at the IDA summer of '97: The summer began with the first public screening of the long repressed documentary
As I sat down to write this column for the "cyber-doc" issue of ID magazine, I went on-line. Although I am far from expert at using the Internet, I
This month IDA takes special pride in celebrating our rich heritage and the vitality in our field today. "Documentary" was coined by the revolutionary
It's that time of year again, time for you and your colleagues around the world to submit documentaries for the 13th Annual IDA Awards. An important
From the very beginning, there were documentaries electrifying audiences in those early movie theatres, whether they were Parisians watching the
The documentary and IDA are on an important threshold. The docu­mentary form is in the forefront of more minds, on more television sets, in more
Talking with Toni Treadway recently, about her article to appear in this issue, really got my mind stirring. Toni's a thinker, a wanderer, who likes