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28th Annual IDA Documentary Awards

December 7, 2012

6:30 PM PRIVATE RECEPTION HONORING ARNOLD SHAPIRO Sponsored by A&E LOCATION: DGA Atrium Awards Ceremony HOST: Penn Jillette 8:00 PM AWARDS CEREMONY • Year In Review LOCATION: DGA Theater 1 • ABCNEWS VideoSource Award

9:30 PM • Best Limited Series Award AFTER PARTY • Pare Lorentz Award Sponsored by Canon LOCATION: DGA Grand Lobby • David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award

• Creative Recognition Awards: Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Music Best Writing

• Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award

• Pioneer Award

• Best Continuing Series Award

• HUMANITAS Documentary Award

• Career Achievement Award

• Best Short Award

• Best Feature Award

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ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE FINALISTS

AND THE NOMINEES & HONOREES

OF THE 28TH ANNUAL

IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS

IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR EXTRAORDINARY WORK

www.abcnewssource.com IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS12 nominees & honorees

ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD NOMINEES AWARD NOMINEES

BOOKER’S PLACE: A MISSISSIPPI STORY BOMB PATROL: AFGHANISTAN DIRECTOR: Raymond De Felitta EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dan Cesareo, Doug DePriest, PRODUCER: David Zellerford Vince DiPersio, Laura Civiello, Tim Rummel EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Lynn Roer, Steven Beer SERIES PRODUCERS: Kathryn Gilbert, Joe Venafro, Keith Saunders Eyepatch Productions/Ogilvy, PRODUCERS/SHOOTERS: Joe Venafro, Christopher Whiteneck, Hangover Lounge, Tribeca Film David D’Angelo, Scott Stoneback Big Fish Entertainment for NBC/G4 Media, Inc. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS/WRITERS: GEORGE HARRISON: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Ken Burns DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Martin Scorsese Florentine Films, Sundance Selects, PBS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Scott Pascucci (Grove Street), Emma Tillinger Koskoff (Sikelia Productions), THE FAMILY Margaret Bodde DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Hussein Elrazzaz PRODUCERS: Olivia Harrison, Nigel Sinclair EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER: Jon Blair SUPERVISING PRODUCER: Blair Foster Al Jazeera English Grove Street Pictures, Spitfire Pictures, and Sikelia Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films HARVEST OF EMPIRE ON DEATH ROW DIRECTORS: Peter Getzels, Eduardo López DIRECTOR/WRITER: Werner Herzog PRODUCERS: Wendy Thompson-Marquez, Eduardo López PRODUCER: Erik Nelson Onyx Films, EVS Communications, COORDINATING PRODUCER: Robert Erickson Loquito Productions EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dave Harding, Amy Briamonte; Andre Singer and Lucki Stipetic (Spring Films and WE ARE WISCONSIN Werner Herzog Film); Nick Raslan (Skellig Rock); Henry Schleiff and Sara Kozak (Investigation Discovery) DIRECTOR: Amie Williams Creative Differences, Investigation Discovery PRODUCERS: Kathryn Takis, Doug Pray EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: SLAVERY: A 21ST CENTURY EVIL Marge Tabankin, Bill Hirsch, Scott Verges DIRECTORS: David Hickman, Tim Tate, Tom Phillips Bal Maiden Films, Peer Review Pictures, Public Interest Pictures EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jon Blair SERIES PRODUCER: Tim Tate Al Jazeera English

THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Sheila Nevins, John Hoffman PRODUCERS: John Hoffman, Dan Chaykin, Sarah Teale CO-PRODUCERS: Tomek Gross, Alexandra Moss, Sonia Dulay Ricci HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine, in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente » 7 s/Getty Ima MERICAN ily New ges A MAS f Da TE sy o RS rte Jo ou h C nn VE y FI C K a R rs A o P n L C A o R u T r N t E e C s y

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Congratulations to these outstanding PBS programs and producers on their IDA Documentary nominations

THE AMISH: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

AMERICAN MASTERS

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

INDEPENDENT LENS

INDEPENDENT LENS The Invisible War POV

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PARE LORENTZ AWARD CREATIVE RECOGNITION AWARDS

THE ISLAND PRESIDENT • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY DIRECTOR: Jon Shenk PRODUCERS: Bonni Cohen, Richard Berge WOMEN WITH COWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Peter Gerdehag Jon Else, Sally Jo Fifer, Dan Cogan Actual Films, Inc., Samuel Goldwyn/Independent Lens • BEST EDITING ROOM 237 EDITING BY: Rodney Ascher

DAVID L. WOLPER • BEST MUSIC STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN AWARD NOMINEES ORIGINAL SONGS BY: Sixto Rodriguez

THE A-WORD • BEST WRITING DIRECTOR/WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Lindsay Ellis ANN RICHARDS’ TEXAS PRODUCERS: Kaveh Taherian, Clarinda Morales SCREENPLAY BY: Keith Patterson USC School of Cinematic Arts

LA CAMIONETA DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Mark Kendall PRODUCER: Rafael González WRITER: Shannon Kennedy JACQUELINE DONNET EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Esther Robinson EMERGING DOCUMENTARY School of Visual Arts FILMMAKER AWARD

CAPTIVE RADIO DAVID FRANCE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Lauren Rosenfeld UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

JULIAN DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Bao Nguyen PIONEER AWARD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Maryann De Leo School of Visual Arts SUNDANCE INSTITUTE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM AND FUND MEANWHILE IN MAMELODI DIRECTOR: Benjamin Kahlmeyer PRODUCER: Boris Frank Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

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BEST CONTINUING SERIES HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD NOMINEES AWARD NOMINEES

AMERICAN MASTERS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE AMISH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Susan Lacy DIRECTOR: David Belton SERIES PRODUCER: Prudence Glass PRODUCERS: David Belton, Callie T. Wiser SUPERVISING PRODUCER: Julie Sacks WRITER: David Belton COORDINATING PRODUCER: Junko Tsunashima SENIOR PRODUCER: Sharon Grimberg THIRTEEN in association with PBS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Mark Samels Sarah Colt Productions for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, PBS INDEPENDENT LENS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sally Jo Fifer BITTER SEEDS SENIOR SERIES PRODUCER: Lois Vossen DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Micha X. Peled Independent Television Service (ITVS) Teddy Bear Films in association with PBS CALL ME KUCHU POV DIRECTORS/WRITERS: Katherine Fairfax Wright, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Simon Kilmurry Malika Zouhali-Worrall CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Cynthia López PRODUCER: Malika Zouhali-Worrall VP OF PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION: Chris White New Video SERIES PRODUCER: Yance Ford COORDINATING PRODUCER: Andrew Catauro HARVEST OF EMPIRE American Documentary | POV in association with PBS DIRECTORS: Peter Getzels, Eduardo López PRODUCERS: Wendy Thompson-Marquez, Eduardo López Onyx Films, EVS Communications, Loquito Productions

THE VIRGIN, THE COPTS AND ME DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Namir Abdel Messeeh WRITERS: Nathalie Najern, Anne Paschetta OWEDA Films, Doha Film Institute, Doc & Film International

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ARNOLD SHAPIRO

» 11 GEORGE HARRISON: CONGRATULATES OUR 2012 LIVING IN THE IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS MATERIAL WORLD GOD IS NOMINEES THE BIGGER ELVIS KINGS POINT MONDAYS AT RACINE SAVING FACE THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION

AND SALUTES KEITH PATTERSON CREATIVE RECOGNITION AWARD

WITH A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO ARNOLD SHAPIRO CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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BEST SHORT BEST FEATURE AWARD NOMINEES AWARD NOMINEES

GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Rebecca Cammisa DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS/WRITERS: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, PRODUCER: Julie Anderson David McMahon SUPERVISING PRODUCER: Sara Bernstein EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Ken Burns EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sheila Nevins Florentine Films, Sundance Selects, PBS HBO Documentary Films THE INVISIBLE WAR KINGS POINT DIRECTOR/WRITER: Kirby Dick DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Sari Gilman PRODUCERS: Amy Ziering, Tanner King Barklow PRODUCERS: Jedd Wider, Todd Wider EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Regina Kulik Scully, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Women Donors Network, CO-PRODUCER: Susannah Ludwig Teddy Leifer, Sally Jo Fifer, Nicole Boxer-Keegan Kings Point Documentary/Wider Film Projects CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kimball Stroud MONDAYS AT RACINE Cinedigm and Docurama Films DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Cynthia Wade THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES PRODUCER: Robin Honan DIRECTOR: Lauren Greenfield CO-PRODUCER: Vanessa Bergonzoli PRODUCERS: Lauren Greenfield, Danielle Renfrew Behrens SUPERVISING PRODUCER: Lisa Heller (HBO) EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Frank Evers, Dan Cogan EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sheila Nevins (HBO) CO-PRODUCER: Rebecca Horn Black Cynthia Wade Productions Evergreen Pictures, Magnolia Pictures OPEN HEART SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN DIRECTOR: Kief Davidson DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Malik Bendjelloul PRODUCERS: Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern PRODUCER: Simon Chinn EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Geralyn Dreyfous, Rick Rosenthal, Nancy Stephens, Eric Dobkin, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: John Battsek Barbara Dobkin, Sean Mewshaw, Desi Van Til, Red Box Films, Sony Pictures Classics Damon Lindelof, Heidi Lindelof Urban Landscapes Productions, WOMEN WITH COWS Whitewater Films, Believe Media DIRECTOR: Peter Gerdehag PRODUCERS: Tell Aulin, Lasse Rengfelt SAVING FACE WRITERS: Tell Aulin, Malcolm Dixelius DIRECTORS: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Malcolm Dixelius PRODUCERS: David Coombe, Daniel Junge, Deep Sea Productions Alison Greenberg, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Sabiha Sumar CO-PRODUCERS: Aaron Kopp, Fazeelat Aslam SENIOR PRODUCER: Lisa Heller (HBO) EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sheila Nevins (HBO) HBO Documentary Films, Milkhaus, LLC, and JungeFilm, LLC

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THE STAFF OF “BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT” CONGRATULATES ARNOLD SHAPIRO ON 34 YEARS BEHIND BARS!

30 31 Congratulations on a fruitful career full of timeless masterpieces!

After 15 productions together over 21 years, I’m honored to call you my mentor, my partner and especially, my friend.

You are very unique.* — Paul J. Coyne Executive Producer, Beyond Scared Straight

* ”Uniqueness is an absolute. You can’t be VERY unique.” ARNOLD SHAPIRO

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IDA gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of the following committee chairs and members throughout the screening process:

AWARDS SCREENING COMMITTEES COMPETITION COMMITTEE Karen Hori BEST FEATURE AWARD BEST FEATURE AWARD ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AWARD Thomas G. Miller CHAIRS: · Caron Allen CHAIR: Marjan Safinia CHAIR: Anthony Perrone · Tracie Lewis Lisa Kirk Colburn Jessica Berman-Bogdan AWARDS SHOW · Billy Luther James Costa Joy Holloway COMMITTEE · Carl Pfirman Kief Davidson Paula Lumbard CHAIR: Pi Ware · Mary C. Schaffer Matt Holzman Max Segal Fonda Berosini · Laurie Ann Schag Lauren Lexton HUMANITAS Gilda Brasch · Moises Velez Steve Pond DOCUMENTARY AWARD Kevin Iwashina · Brian Wakil Lucy Walker CHAIR: Lynne Littman Senain Kheshgi Laura Almo Josh Welsh Kate Amend Ted Mundorff Lev Anderson BEST SHORT Jeff Blitz Stephen Nemeth Yareli Arizmendi DOCUMENTARY AWARD Johanna Demetrakas Bob Niemack Fenton Bailey CHAIR: Ken Jacobson Richard Pearce Shaz Bennett Linda Blackaby Rick Berg Laura Green CREATIVE RECOGNITION Fonda Berosini AWARDS: CINEMATOGRAPHY, Amy Harrison IDA also Reginald D. Brown EDITING, MUSIC, WRITING Sterling Hedgpeth acknowledges Charles Burnett Caron Allen Jonathan Joiner the generous Ed Carter Tracie Lewis Cynthia Kane contributions of Alicia Dwyer Billy Luther Gail Malimson the many Leslie Dyer Carl Pfirman Robert Martin IDA members Tonya Easbey Mary C. Schaffer Jamie Meltzer from around the Camille Eden Laurie Ann Schag Amanda Micheli world who David Bret Egen Moises Velez participated in Baylis Glascock Brian Wakil our online viewing BEST CONTINUING Bill Jackson SERIES AWARD and final judging PARE LORENTZ AWARD Harvey Jordan CHAIRS: for the Best Feature CHAIR: Betsy McLane Nancy Jundi · Lauren Lexton and Best Short Reuben Lim · Dana Olkkonen William Drennan Awards. Tilly Grey Pardis Mehdizadegan Michael Bouson Bill Haney M’Daya Meliani Joe Correll Hilary Hoagland-Grey Jim Mendiola Leah Dolan-Kelley Jane Lorentz Peter Musurlian Andrew Hoegl Sam Low Robin Nelson David Mastron David O’Shields Penny Phillips Doug Mirabello Teresa Phillips Audrey Olsen DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT Margaret Guerra Rogers Lauren Schwartz DOCUMENTARY AWARD Sally Rubin Kari Taylor CHAIRS: Stephan Saban · Doug Chang Morgan Stiff BEST LIMITED · Basil Tsiokos Andrea Ureno SERIES AWARD Janice Van Wagner CHAIRS: Mridu Chandra Miranda Yousef · Josh Levin Josh Koury · Nina Seavey Lucia Small Angela Tucker Jody Arlington Melissa Hubbard Bernie Cook Marshall Curry Jon Gann Cameron Yates Erica Ginsberg Grace Guggenheim

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