Authors — Emily Huse

IDA Documentary Awards Announce Nominees

Today, the IDA announced the nominees for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards. The show will be held on December 5th and hosted by actor and comedian Adam Conover. From the press release: Adam Conover to Host the 40th IDA Documentary Awards The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by actor, comedian, and writer Adam Conover on December 5, 2024, 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET at The Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles and streamed live documentary.org and simultaneously on IDA YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram channels. Learn more about the nominees and get your tickets for the ceremony at documentary.org/awards2024 The […]
by Emily Huse on Nov 19, 2024
“I’ve Got My Finger on the Zeitgeist”: Matt Farley on Local Legends: Bloodbath

Several years ago on my birthday, I woke to a text from a friend: a link to “The Emily Poop Song”. For a minute and twenty-one seconds, I listened to what the album title described as “The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop” repeat my name over and over, often punctuated with the word “poop.” There were fifty songs on the album, all about different people and feces, but that turned out to be only a tiny portion of the odd man’s output—across several Spotify profiles, Matt Farley has written over 25,000 songs. While some are about our smelly bodily […]
by Emily Huse on Oct 15, 2024
IDA Honors Dawn Porter, Shiori Ito and No Other Land Directors Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham

Today, the International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the recipients who will receive honorary awards on December 5, 2024, at the 40th annual IDA Documentary Awards. The show will be held at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles and will be live-streamed on the IDA’s social media. From the press release: International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the honorary awards to be presented at the 40th annual IDA Documentary Awards, which will be held on December 5, 2024, at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. The show will be streamed live on IDA’s social media channels. At this year’s ceremony, American documentary filmmaker Dawn […]
by Emily Huse on Oct 9, 2024

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