Tag: IDA (International Documentary Association)

‘Shirkers’ Director Sandi Tan on How Her Film Was Lost — and Found, After 25 Years

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  1. ‘Shirkers’ Trailer: Sandi Tan Goes Searching For Her Own Lost Film in Netflix’s Unique Sundance-Winning Documentary
  2. ‘Shirkers’ Review: The Fascinating Mystery of a Stolen Movie Gives Rise to a Great One — Sundance 2018
  3. Sundance Award-Winning Doc ‘Shirkers’ Lands at Netflix
  4. Netflix Acquires Sandi Tan’s Sundance Award Winner ‘Shirkers’

‘Three Identical Strangers’: More Twins Separated at Birth Have Found Each Other Since Seeing the Film

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  1. ‘Three Identical Strangers’ Clip: Sundance Docu Hits Into Rare Triple Play
  2. ‘Three Identical Strangers’ Is Being Made Into a Feature, Because Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
  3. ‘Three Identical Strangers’ is a riveting account of identical triplets separated at birth
  4. ‘Three Identical Strangers’ Review: Triplets Separated at Birth is a Charming Story Until It Turns Into a Dark Conspiracy — Sundance 2018

‘On Her Shoulders’: How One Remarkable Woman Can Save the Yazidi People of Iraq

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  1. ‘On Her Shoulders’ Latest Sundance Title Snapped Up By Oscilloscope
  2. Triple Threat Alexandria Bombach Signs With UTA
  3. ‘On Her Shoulders’: Alexandria Bombach’s Sundance Docu Reveals Price Of Becoming Voice Of A People
  4. Box Office: Can ‘Wonder Woman’ Save the Summer?

‘Science Fair’ Directors Reveal Why Their High School Students Make Them Hopeful for the Future

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  1. ‘Science Fair’ Trailer: Brilliant & Quirky Teens Face-Off In Sundance Docu
  2. Sundance 2018: Crowdpleaser ‘Science Fair’ Wins Inaugural Festival Favorite Award
  3. ‘Science Fair’ Trailer: Sundance Audience Favorite Could be the Next ‘Spellbound’
  4. ‘The Bad Kids’ Exclusive Clip: Sundance Documentary Follows Struggling Students at a Mojave Desert High School

Los Angeles Film Festival Taps Jacqueline Lyanga as Guest Director for VR and Announces New IDA Partnership

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  1. The Los Angeles Film Festival Moves to Fall for 2018, Abandoning Summer
  2. Los Angeles Film Festival Moving To Fall Starting In 2018
  3. LA Film Festival preps for fall debut with diversity push, new programs and guest director Jacqueline Lyanga
  4. AFI Expands Michael Lumpkin Role To Director Of Festivals, Replacing Longtime Head Jacqueline Lyanga

‘Machines’ Director Rahul Jain Wanted to Ask a Very Simple Question With His Film — Watch

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  1. The powerful ‘Machines’ looks at dehumanizing factory work in India
  2. ‘Machines’ Exclusive Trailer: New Documentary Goes Inside a Textile Factory In Gujarat, India
  3. ‘Machines’ Director Rahul Jain: ‘I Was Not Interested in Giving Any Answers’
  4. IDFA Film Review: ‘Machines’

‘Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press’ Filmmaker on the Battle Between Privacy and a Free Press

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  1. ‘Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press’: Film Review | Sundance 2017
  2. Apple Music Passes 50 Million Subscribers, Including Free Trials
  3. Watch: ‘The Lost City of Z’ Filmmaker James Gray and Cast Hit Berlinale for Live Press Conference
  4. SAG-AFTRA Voices Support for ‘Free and Unencumbered Press’ Following Trump Attacks

‘Unrest’ Director Jennifer Brea Reveals How Making a Documentary About Her Illness Helped Treat It

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  1. Director Jennifer Brea exposes the personal pain of an immune disorder in the documentary ‘Unrest’
  2. Director Jennifer Brea exposes the personal pain of a rare sleep disorder in the documentary ‘Unrest’
  3. Jennifer Brea On How She Directed ‘Unrest’ From Bed: Oscar Shortlisted Doc On Life With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  4. ‘The Work’ Director Jairus McLeary Reveals How He Gained Inmates’ Trust for His Documentary — Watch

How ‘LA 92’ Directors Sorted Through 1,700 Hours of Footage for Their Sobering Film

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  1. ‘LA 92’ Directors Dan Lindsay & TJ Martin Take Archival Route To Oscar Doc Shortlist
  2. ‘Jane’ First Look: Doc On Jane Goodall’s Early Work With Chimps Culled From 100 Hours Of Unseen Footage
  3. ‘Machines’ Director Rahul Jain Wanted to Ask a Very Simple Question With His Film — Watch
  4. How Brett Morgen’s Team Gave Jane Goodall’s Memories Life by Building a Film From 1,500 Hours of Silent Footage

‘The Final Year’ Documentary Crew Only Had One Rule While Filming Obama’s White House

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  1. Obama documentary ‘The Final Year’ gains emotional heft in the wake of the 2016 election
  2. Obama documentary ‘The Final Year’ offers an urgent ideological rebuttal to Trump’s presidency
  3. Obama Doc ‘The Final Year’ Heads to Magnolia Pictures
  4. ‘The Final Year’ Review: Obama Doc Reminds Us What a Difference a Few Months Makes

Rebecca Miller Almost Didn’t Include Herself in Her New Film, ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’

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  1. ‘Arthur Miller: Writer” Helmer Rebecca Miller Discusses Her Doc Portrait Of Father Arthur Miller
  2. ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’ Exclusive Clip and Poster: Rebecca Miller’s Documentary Portrait of Her Father Comes to NYFF
  3. ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’ Trailer: Rebecca Miller’s Intimate Portrait of Her Father Comes to HBO — Watch
  4. In ‘Arthur Miller: Writer,’ Rebecca Miller draws a tender portrait of her father

Mariska Hargitay and ‘I Am Evidence’ Want to Eliminate the Rape Kit Backlog

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  1. Mariska Hargitay advocates for sexual assault victims in documentary ‘I Am Evidence’
  2. NYPD’s Top Detective On Harvey Weinstein Rape Probe: “Quite A Bit Of Evidence” Gathered, Next Steps Up To D.A.
  3. Mariska Hargitay examines subject of untested rape kits in new documentary
  4. Mariska Hargitay to Appear on Dick Wolf’s FBI Docuseries (Exclusive)

‘Chasing Coral’ Director Is Confident There Will Be a Climate Change Solution: ‘We Have No Choice Other Than to Solve It’

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  1. Kristen Bell To Sing Closing Song On “Chasing Coral” Documentary
  2. ‘Chasing Coral’ has an urgent message about climate change: The coral reef is dying
  3. Climate Change Doc ‘Chasing Coral’ Washes Up With Netflix
  4. Netflix Acquires Climate Change Documentary ‘Chasing Coral’ — Sundance 2017

‘Kedi’ Filmmakers Explain How Cats Can ‘Unite People in Joy’

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  1. ‘Kedi’: How a Documentary About Turkish Street Cats Became a Surprise Box Office Hit
  2. Arthouse Audit: ‘Kedi”s Cats Rule ‘A United Kingdom’ as ‘Land of Mine’ Bombs
  3. How America’s Love Affair With Cats Made Ceyda Torun’s ‘Kedi’ Doc A Surprise Hit
  4. YouTube Acquires Turkish Street-Cats Documentary Film ‘Kedi’ for YouTube Red

Steve James Says ‘Abacus: Small Enough to Jail’ Was a Purposefully Intimate Look at the 2008 Financial Crisis

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  1. Steve James’ Latest Documentary Explores the Bizarre Saga of An Immigrant Family’s Horrific Legal Battle — Watch
  2. New York Film Review: ‘Abacus: Small Enough to Jail’
  3. Bryan Cranston’s ‘Wakefield’ And Steve James Doc ‘Abacus’ Top Quiet Weekend – Specialty Box Office
  4. PBS Distribution Locks Down ‘Abacus: Small Enough To Jail’

‘Dolores’ Subject, Activist Dolores Huerta, Wants Women to Take Credit for Their Work

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  1. Dolores Huerta has been jailed, beaten, mocked by Glenn Beck. A new doc shows why she won’t shut up
  2. ‘Dolores’ Sundance Review: Activist Dolores Huerta Gets Her Props in Stirring Doc
  3. ‘Dolores’ Trailer: Feminist Pioneer Dolores Huerta Finally Gets Her Due in Peter Bratt’s Wide-Ranging Documentary
  4. Civil Rights Leader Dolores Huerta On New Doc ‘Dolores’: “It’s Really The Story Of A Movement” — Sundance Studio

‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Filmmakers on Modifying Their Film After Donald Trump’s Climate Policy Changes

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  1. ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Filmmakers on Al Gore and Fighting Climate Change in the Trump Era — Sundance 2017
  2. ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Giveaway: Win a Blu-Ray Copy of Al Gore’s Climate Change Sequel
  3. Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Sequel’ Final Cut to Feature Trump Climate Accord Exit
  4. ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ Review: Al Gore Drops the Mic (Again) On Climate Change

How ‘Finding Oscar’ Turned the Camera on the Horrors of Guatemalan Genocide

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  1. Seth Meyers Got A Peek At Donald Trump’s Hilton Hotel Meeting With Guatemalan President
  2. Grim tales of Guatemalan civil war told in ‘Finding Oscar’
  3. Powerful ‘500 Years’ doc concludes trilogy on Guatemalan resistance
  4. ‘Dolores’ Subject, Activist Dolores Huerta, Wants Women to Take Credit for Their Work

‘Oklahoma City’ Filmmakers Say There’s a Direct Line Between Timothy McVeigh and Charlottesville — Watch

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  1. ‘Oklahoma City’: Film Review | Sundance 2017
  2. ‘Oklahoma City’ looks back at the Timothy McVeigh bombing and what it can tell us about today’s America
  3. Sundance Film Review: ‘Oklahoma City’
  4. ‘Oklahoma City’ Review: This Bombing Doc Is a Terrifying Warning for Trump’s America — Sundance 2017

‘Long Strange Trip’ Director Explains the Four-Hour Running Time: Deadheads Always Want More

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  1. Grateful Dead Documentary ‘Long Strange Trip’ Acquired By Amazon
  2. Sundance 2017: Amazon Picks Up Grateful Dead Doc ‘Long Strange Trip’
  3. ‘Long Strange Trip’ Gets Box Office Boost from Deadheads
  4. Deadheads High On ‘Long Strange Trip’; Teresa Palmer Stars in ‘Berlin Syndrome’ – Specialty Box Office Preview

‘The Work’ Director Jairus McLeary Reveals How He Gained Inmates’ Trust for His Documentary — Watch

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  1. How ‘Of Fathers and Sons’ Director Gained Trust of a Jihadist Family (Video)
  2. Documentary ‘The Work’ goes inside prison group therapy, where inmates drop their masks
  3. ‘Unrest’ Director Jennifer Brea Reveals How Making a Documentary About Her Illness Helped Treat It
  4. ‘The Work’ Review: Outsiders Meet Inmates in Prison for Intensive Group Therapy