The IDA Awards are coming!

Okay, so I've been gone a really long time. I'm knee-deep in research. That's no excuse.

For those in the L.A. area, the International Documentary Association awards are coming up on December 4, 2009. Hosted by Ira Glass! You may remember Glass won a special IDA award last year, the Distinguished Continuing Series Award for his This American Life program on Showtime. (It's available on DVD if you're so inclined. Amazon has an entire page dedicated to This American Life.)

I won't be in L.A. for the ceremony, but I'm still excited. Errol Morris is being awarded the 2009 Career Achievement Award (woo!), and I can't wait to see which documentaries win this year. Hey, I saw a DJ at a bar recently that looked exactly like Errol Morris -- that's almost as good as being there, right?

are we back?

It's been forever since I've posted. Things have picked up a lot with writing and new projects. I'm going to try to get back into regular posts, though. We're getting into everyone's favorite season -- the fall and winter film releases! Looking forward to it.

Participation culture, creativity, and social change

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IDA call for entries 2009

The International Documentary Association has put out its call for this year's DocuWeeks Theatrical Documentary Showcases. The feature-length documentaries chosen are shown each year in Los Angeles and New York, in order to qualify them for Academy Awards consideration. Documentary shorts are also chosen and shown in Los Angeles -- also making them eligible for Academy consideration.

If you're interested, the deadline is April 14 for early birds, and May 11 for the procrastinators among us (cough, cough). Submissions are made through Withoutabox.

For all the details, visit the IDA DocuWeeks Call for Entries page.

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