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Documentary magazine is the quarterly publication of the International Documentary Association and the only US publication dedicated to documentaries. The magazine has an international readership that includes over 20,000 filmmakers, producers, distributors, network, cable and OTT outlets, educators and students, and fans of nonfiction. Circulation includes the 2,000 members of IDA; over 200 university, institution and public libraries; and newsstand sales in Los Angeles, New York and major cities throughout the US and Canada.
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| Scope | International, Trade/B2B |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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| Frequency | Quarterly |
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Search ArticlesIDA Member Spotlight: Tessa Louise Salomé
Tessa Louise-Salomé is an award-winning French producer, writer, and director, and co-founder of Petite Maison Production. Her work as a director includes the Sundance-selected Mr. X (2014) and The Wild One (2023), narrated by Willem Dafoe and awarded at Tribeca.
“We Wanted More Than a One-Day Release”: Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Dean on Building The Box Office Success of ‘Steal This Story, Please!’
Steal This Story, Please!, a biography of veteran independent journalist Amy Goodman and a history of her longtime employer, Democracy Now!, has resonated with audiences to a degree that has pleasantly surprised its makers. Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal decided to distribute the documentary themselves, and it’s continually extended runs at various theaters since opening at New York’s IFC Center in May, grossing more than $1 million at the box office.
Remembering Kevin Keating, Renowned Documentary Cinematographer
Remembering Kevin Keating Kevin Keating in Atlanta filming André’s Lives (1998) with director Brad Lichtenstein. Photo credit: Ken Druckerman. Courtesy of Lumiere Productions, Inc.
IDA Member Spotlight: Tia Lessin
Tessa Louise-Salomé is an award-winning French producer, writer, and director, and co-founder of Petite Maison Production. Her work as a director includes the Sundance-selected Mr. X (2014) and The Wild One (2023), narrated by Willem Dafoe and awarded at Tribeca.
“We Don’t Want Mom’s Approval”: ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Director Jeff Tremaine Talks Stunts, Digital Cameras, and the Infamous MTV Series at 25
From the crunchy visual noise of a ’90s digital camera emerges a 20-something guy with a Southern twang. “I’m Johnny Knoxville, United States of America,” he says by way of introduction. With some friends filming, he will go out to the desert, strap on a bulletproof vest, stuff some copies of Hustler under it for extra protection, and then shoot himself with a low-powered revolver.
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Thoughts and Actions: A Conversation With Mandy Chang on Being Appointed the First Chief Executive Officer of the Documentary Film Council
A filmmaker and executive producer with a more than two-decade career, Mandy Chang has witnessed and navigated all of this millennium’s transition and turbulence in the field of nonfiction filmmaking.
“Find Another Way”: Tikkun Olam Productions Make and Release Films Outside the System
(L to R) Tikkun Olam team members Nik Damants, Oliver Arias, Maggie Lemere, Marielle Olentine, and Pulkit Datta.
Mass Medium: Lucas Gallo’s ‘December’ Recasts TV B-Roll as a Form of Community- and Nation-Building
Lucas Gallo in Buenos Aires (Argentina), May 2026.
“We Need to Be Militant, Not Violent”; Barbara Kopple Looks Back at ‘Harlan County, USA’ at 50 and Discusses Modern-Day Labor Struggles
With Harlan County, USA(1976) and later still with American Dream(1990), documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple established herself as fierce chronicler of labor organizing in the United States. Her twinned portraits of long-running strikes, of coal miners in the 70s in Southeast Kentucky and of meatpacking workers in the 80s in Minnesota, remain resonant and timely.