- Quick Links Iraq In Fragments An Inconvenient Truth God Grew Tired of Us The International Documentary Assn (a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of nonfiction film and video makers throughout the United States and the world, and who also publish a monthly mag) choose James Longley's Iraq In Fragments as the best feature-length documentary of the year. The other final noms in the same category were Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, Deliver Us From Evil, Showbusiness: A Season to Remember and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. Other winners were: Best short documentary: Marcelo Bukin - Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel) Pare Lorentz Award (recognizing a documentary filmmaker who represents both an activist spirit and a lyrical vision): Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth Courage Under Fire Award: Andrew Berends - The Blood of My Brother The Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award:
- 12/10/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Documentaries about the war in Iraq and forced child labor in South America earned top honors at the annual International Documentary Assn.'s awards gala benefit.
James Longley's Iraq in Fragments, the HBO Documentary Films and Typecast Releasing docu that provides intimate portraits of life among everyday Iraqis, won IDA's feature documentary award Friday night at the DGA Theatre in Hollywood.
The IDA's documentary short film award went to Marcelo Bukin for Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel). In his speech, he described his visually ambitious film as "a kind of poem about sacrificing souls and bodies."
Both awards were presented by Morgan Freeman, who acknowledged former Vice President Al Gore after taking the stage.
Gore gave the evening's opening remarks to an overflow crowd, stressing the importance of documentaries to the health and vitality of American democracy and comparing Guttenberg's publishing revolution to today's digital-media revolution.
Gore warned that ownership of the networks by conglomerates has not helped challenge the prevailing dogma of our times.
"Newspapers are increasingly shrinking and losing advertising, and, as a result, our national conversation of democracy has been shrinking," he said.
James Longley's Iraq in Fragments, the HBO Documentary Films and Typecast Releasing docu that provides intimate portraits of life among everyday Iraqis, won IDA's feature documentary award Friday night at the DGA Theatre in Hollywood.
The IDA's documentary short film award went to Marcelo Bukin for Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel). In his speech, he described his visually ambitious film as "a kind of poem about sacrificing souls and bodies."
Both awards were presented by Morgan Freeman, who acknowledged former Vice President Al Gore after taking the stage.
Gore gave the evening's opening remarks to an overflow crowd, stressing the importance of documentaries to the health and vitality of American democracy and comparing Guttenberg's publishing revolution to today's digital-media revolution.
Gore warned that ownership of the networks by conglomerates has not helped challenge the prevailing dogma of our times.
"Newspapers are increasingly shrinking and losing advertising, and, as a result, our national conversation of democracy has been shrinking," he said.
- 12/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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