January 2005

The 2004 IDA Documentary Awards January 2005

We honor the finalists and winners of the 20th Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.

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January 2005

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Features

2004 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards: Winners

FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES Born into Brothels Directors...

By IDA Editorial Staff

2004 Pioneer Award: Bringing Pleasure, Learning and Understanding—Alanis Obomsawin

"My name is Alanis Obomsawin. I am an Abenaki...

By diane estelle Vicari

Two Decades of Doc Appreciation: The Legacy of the IDA Awards

The IDA Awards were created in 1984, as part of...

By Harrison Engle

To Market, to Market… IFP's Annual Gathering Encourages Doc Makers to Find Their Audience

The 26th Independent Feature Project's (IFP) Film...

By Susan Morris

Reality Comes to NYU: An Alumnus Looks at IFC's New Documentary Series

Film School is a new documentary series that...

By Mitchell Block

Artful Darger: Jessica Yu Finds Herself 'In The Realms of the Unreal'

Henry Darger's life was made for the movies, which...

By Kevin Lewis

Boxing While Black: Ken Burns Chronicles Jack Johnson's Bout with Racism

The quest for freedom and the restraints of race...

By Shelley Gabert

Career Achievement Award: An Independent for All Seasons: William Greaves

William Greaves is one of the most respected...

By St.Clair Bourne

Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: The Learning Experience as a Career Path: Jehane Noujaim

Jehane Noujaim, the co-honoree of the Jacqueleine...

By Tom White

Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Awards: Driving the Auto-Documentary to a New Level: Jonathan Caouette

Tarnation arrived in 2004 without much initial...

By Tom White

Columns

Directing is a Bitch: The Frustrations of Filmmaking

By Ray Zone

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, January 2005

By Richard Propper

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, January 2005

By Tom White