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july 3 0-august 19, 2010 ww w.documentar y. org new york IFC Center: 323 Sixth Av enue at West Third Street About IDA Your IDA at Work Founded in 1982, the IDA Wikipedia categorizes advocacy as an effort to Earlier this year, we also filed a 59-page brief with the is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) “influence public-policy and resource allocation FCC explaining the importance of net neutrality as it organization that supports decisions within political, economic, and social relates to documentary filmmakers; petitioned the systems and institutions; it may be motivated U.S. Copyright Office for fair use exemption to the documentary filmmaking from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act), which worldwide. At IDA, we believe protect an asset of interest.” criminalizes the digital copying of DVDs even if used that the power and artistry of The IDA’s advocacy is motivated from moral and to exercise fair use; and filed an amicus brief in U.S. the documentary art form are ethical principles as well as protecting an asset of vs. Stevens, which, had it been overturned by the vital to cultures and societies interest. That asset is the work of documentary Supreme Court, would have criminalized legitimate globally, and we exist to filmmakers — the varied, vital, and important depictions of animal cruelty in the line of journalism. serve the needs of those nonfiction work produced by IDA members and Yowsa. That’s a lot of advocating — on some who create this art form. the greater documentary community. And it’s pretty serious issues. And cliché as it may be, been quite a busy year for us where advocacy’s we can’t do all this without help from generous IDA is the portal into concerned. As if awakened from a slumber, we’ve supporters like you. In order to have the staff, the world of documentary been on something of an advocacy bender. The informational and institutional resources, and “Lost Weekend” of fervent advocating, if you will. organizational muscle to target and substantiate filmmaking. We provide these efforts, we need to be fully operational. up-to-date news, information Most recently, we filed an amicus brief in support of filmmaker, Joe Berlinger, who had been ordered by a So what can YOU do? and community through our New York judge to turn over all of the footage shot website, documentary.org, Please make a generous donation to help for his film “Crude” to oil giant Chevron. A copy of IDA support documentary filmmaking and and our quarterly publication, this brief which includes detailed and heartfelt the courageous individuals who create this Documentary Magazine. statements from many notable filmmakers, including unique and important art form. Our major program areas yours truly, can be found at documentary.org. Sincerely, are: Advocacy, Filmmaker Prior to the brief, we co-authored an open letter containing over 200+ (and eventually nearly 400) Services, Education, and filmmakers signing on in support of Berlinger. Public Programs and Events. Eddie Schmidt We promote and celebrate President, IDA Board of Directors nonfiction filmmakers and we are dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation for the CHECK: Yes, I support IDA! To help, I’m enclosing my gift of: documentary genre. I $25 I $40 I $50 I $60 I $80 I $___________ _____________ ONLINE: To make a donation online, please go to documentary.org/donate For more information visit PLEASE MAIL THIS FORM TO: www.documentary.org . CREDIT: I VISA I MASTERCARD I DISCOVER I AMEX IDA 1201 W. 5th Street NAME ON CARD AMOUNT OF GIFT $ Suite M270 Los Angeles, CA 90017 ACCOUNT # EXPIRATION DATE Your contribution to IDA SIGNATURE PHONE ( ) is tax deductible. EMAIL Thank you very much. IDA’s 14th Annual DocuWeek s™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase SPECIAL THANKS • HBO Documentary Films • Harris Dew, John Vanco • Langley Productions & the entire staff at IFC Center • Documentary Channel • Chad Brice & the entire staff at ArcLight Hollywood • FotoKem • DocuWeek s™/DOCtober ™ Ticket Information • Chainsaw founders Mitchell Block Tickets for individual DocuWeeks ™ films at the IFC Center • Westdoc Conference and Betsy McLane are $ 13 for general admission, $8 for IDA members, and • Jonathan Liebert & • and all of our Hermosa Beach Filmworks wonderful volunteers $9 for seniors and students. Tickets can be purchased at the IFC Center box office located 2010 DOCUWEEKS SCREENING COMMITTEE at 323 Sixth Avenue at West Third Street, New York, NY 10014, Adam Chapnick Lynne Littman Rich Samuels or online at www.documentary.org/docuweeks20 10. Sara Hutchison Thomas G. Miller Audrey Stein Senain Kheshgi Steve Reich Susan West DocuWeeks is a trademark of the International Documentary Association. Christina Linhardt Marjan Safinia Nancy Willen SPONSORED BY The West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference CONFERENCE www.documentary.org 3 WEEK 1 : JULY 30 - AUG 5 Apaporis DIRECTOR/WRITER: Antonio Dorado PRODUCERS: Alberto Dorado, Juan Carlos Paredes, Omar Dorado Fundación Imagen Latina | 72 min. | Colombia Fri 7/30 12:05 pm 5:45 pm Apaporis follows the journey of ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes, who, in 1941 led an Sat 7/31 2:05 pm 7:50 pm epic 12-year research trip down the Amazon and through the Andes, navigating unknown Sun 8/1 4:00 pm 9:50 pm rivers, collecting new plant species, establishing friendships with indigenous tribes and un - covering age-old secrets of sacred plants. The filmmakers navigated the Apaporis river, Mon 8/2 12:05 pm 5:45 pm and sought the cultures that Schultes found, with surprising results. Apaporis records the Tue 8/3 2:05 pm 7:50 pm present state of the customs and beliefs of the communities, such as the use of psy - Wed 8/4 4:00 pm 9:50 pm chotropic plants and the threats to community survival, posed by increasing globalization. Thu 8/5 12:05 pm 5:45 pm Louder Than a Bomb DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Greg Jacobs, Jon Siskel Siskel/Jacobs Productions 100 min. | USA Fri 7/30 3:35 pm 9:45 pm Louder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they pre - Sat 7/31 12 noon 7:40 pm pare for and compete in the world’s largest youth slam. By turns hopeful and heartbreak - Sun 8/1 3:35 pm 9:45 pm ing, the film captures the tempestuous lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. Louder Than a Bomb is about language as Mon 8/2 3:35 pm 9:45 pm a joyful release, irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance, and Tue 8/3 12 noon 7:40 pm the communities they create along the way. While the topics they tackle are often deeply Wed 8/4 3:35 pm 9:45 pm personal, what they put into their poems, and what they get out of them, is universal: the defining work of finding one’s voice. Thu 8/5 3:35 pm 9:45 pm Steam of Life (Miesten vuoro) DIRECTORS/WRITERS: Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen PRODUCER: Joonas Berghäll Oktober Oy | 84 min. | Finland/Sweden Fri 7/30 1:45 pm 7:30 pm Naked Finnish men in saunas speak straight from the heart and in the warmth of rusty Sat 7/31 3:45 pm 9:50 pm stoves, cleansing themselves both physically and mentally towards the film’s deeply Sun 8/1 1:45 pm 5:40 pm emotional and unforgettable finale. The film travels through Finland, inviting men of all walks of life in many different saunas to share their touching stories about love, death, Mon 8/2 1:45 pm 7:30 pm birth and friendshi p—about life. Steam of Life reveals the men’s naked souls in an Tue 8/3 3:45 pm 9:50 pm exceptionally intimate and poetic way. Wed 8/4 1:45 pm 5:40 pm Thu 8/5 1:45 pm 7:30 pm 4 DOCU WEEKS 2010 week 1 Summer Pasture DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Lynn True, Nelson Walker True-Walker Productions 86 min. | USA/Tibet/China Fri 7/30 3:45 pm 9:40 pm Filmed in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet, with unprecedented access to a place Sat 7/31 12:05 pm 5:50 pm seldom visited by outsiders, Summer Pasture is a rare and intimate glimpse into the life Sun 8/1 2:00 pm 7:50 pm of a young couple and their infant daughter during a time of great transition. Locho and Yama are nomadic herders who carve their existence from the land as their ancestors Mon 8/2 3:45 pm 9:40 pm have for generations. But now, as traditional nomadic life confronts rapid modernization, Tue 8/3 12:05 pm 5:50 pm Summer Pasture captures a family at a crossroads, ultimately revealing the profound Wed 8/4 2:00 pm 7:50 pm sacrifice they will make to ensure their daughter’s future. Thu 8/5 3:45 pm 9:40 pm This Way of Life DIRECTOR: Tom Burstyn PRODUCER/WRITER: Barbara Sumner Burstyn Cloud South Films Ltd. | 88 min. | New Zealand Fri 7/30 1:50 pm 7:35 pm Set against the imposing mountains and isolated beaches in a remote part of North Is - Sat 7/31 3:50 pm 9:40 pm land, New Zealand, This Way of Life is an intimate portrait of a Maori famil y—Peter and Sun 8/1 12:05 pm 5:45 pm Colleen Karina and their six children, ages 2 through 1 1—and their relationship with each other, nature and horses.