The International Documentary Association’s annual awards is usually a bustling get-together for the film and television non-fiction community.
The 36th iteration was the usual pandemic-era virtual version, sans networking, but with returning host Willie Garson.
“This past year has not been normal in any way,” said outgoing IDA executive director Simon Kilmurry.
“If 2020/2021 has shown us anything, it’s that even with all the challenges we face and the grief we’ve had, the work of storytellers is essential.”At the end of the streamlined affair, Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht’s “Crip Camp” (Netflix) took home both the Best Feature Award and ABC News VideoSource Award.
“It’s one of the major civil rights stories of American history that had been forgotten,” said Newnham.LeBrecht thanked Sundance for its support, as well as Camp Jened, he said: “My life set a course when I went there.
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