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William Cheng

Headshot of adult of East Asian descent with medium-light skin; short hair; dark blue polo shirt; in front of grassy field

William Cheng is a writer, pianist, and gamer. He is a professor of music at Dartmouth College and a founding co-editor of the Music & Social Justice Series with the University of Michigan Press.

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Learning By Doing: One Funder's Journey So Far
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Screen Time: Week of May 1
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 24
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Creating a Path for Sustainability in the Documentary World
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Grace Lee's 'K-TOWN '92' Tells a Different Story of the LA Riots
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The Messy Truth behind a Day Job as a Documentarian
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A Face in the Crowd: Kickstarter's Liz Cook Charts a Sustainable Path for Documentary Crowdfunding
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Something's Gotta Give: Documentary Funds Adapt to a New Political Climate
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James Longley's 'Iraq in Fragments'
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Notes from the Reel World, Spring 2017
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Letters to the Editor, Spring 2017
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Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Spring 2017
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Documentary Sound: Setting up a Wireless System
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Ripple Effect: 'The Prison in Twelve Landscapes' Traces the Geography of the Carceral State
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It's All True 2017: A Conversation with Festival Founder Amir Labaki
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 17
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IDA Announces Newly Formed Advisory Committee for Enterprise Documentary Fund to be Comprised of Eighteen Industry Experts
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Amid the Good Vibes, True/False Serves Up a Slate of Bleak Fare
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 10
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'True South' Tells the Story of 'Eyes on the Prize'
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of April 3
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Sundance Film Festival, Through a Trump Lens
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Notes from North Carolina: Full Frame's Director on Engaging Outside the Triangle
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 27
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#IDAActionAlert: Public Broadcasting is Under Attack!
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Carrie Lozano on Her Journey to IDA
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CAAMFest 17 Celebrates 35 Years of Resistance
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Drawing the Line: Jedd and Todd Wider Examine Civil Liberties of the Mentally Ill in 'God Knows Where I Am'
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Propellor Film Tech Hub Brings Business Innovation to CPH:DOX
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The IDA Announces Partnership with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to Support Documentary FIlmmakers
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 20
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#IDAActionAlert: Preserve Funding for the Arts, Humanities and Public Media!
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 13
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A Statement from the International Documentary Association on Funding for the NEA, NEH and CPB
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With New International Competition Section, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Brings the World to Greece
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of March 6
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As the Australian International Documentary Conference Celebrates 30, New Challenges for Makers
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Dispatches from a Revolution: 'Cries from Syria' Tracks a Six-Year Trail of Devastation
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MIT Open Doc Lab Showcases its Storytelling Prowess at the FilmGate Interactive Media Festival
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Medium As Message: Documentary at International Film Festival Rotterdam
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of February 27
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The IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund: Where Journalism and Filmmaking Meet
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Documentary Film, Journalism Intersect in Groundbreaking Academic Program in Missouri
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Post-Inauguration Realscreen Summit Highlights Stories from Between the Coasts
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of February 20
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Far from Aleppo: 'Watani: My Homeland' Tracks a Refugee Family's Journey
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'4.1 Miles' Finds Dignity in the Face of World-Historical Crisis
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Essential Doc Reads: Week of February 13
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Hope Amidst Carnage: 'The White Helmets' Profiles An Intrepid Syrian Rescue Team
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'Joe's Violin' Tells a Cross-Generational Tale of Bonding through Music
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