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IDA Awards Announced

At a ceremony in Los Angeles, the American association for documentary announced its annual awards. The winners (together with the nominees in each category) are:

Feature Documentary Award:
A Walk to Beautiful
Dirs. Mary Olive Smith, Amy Bucher
Steve Engel, Mary Olive Smith, producers
Steve Engel, exec. producer
Engel Entertainment, Inc.
PBS/WGBH International/NOVA
A Walk to Beautiful tells the stories of five courageous women in Ethiopia who have suffered from devastating childbirth injuries and have been shunned by their family and villages. As they fight to regain their lives, we are no longer in the heart of Africa; we're in the hearts of these women.
  • Crazy Love
  • Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
  • Sicko
  • Taxi to the Dark Side

Short Documentary Award
A Son's Sacrifice
Yoni Brook, director
Musa Syeed, producer
Marco Williams, executive producer
Foment Films, ITVS/PBS
A Son's Sacrifice follows the journey of Imran, a young American Muslim who confronts his roots at his father's slaughterhouse in New York City. On the holiest day of the year, Imran must lead his community in a sacrifice that forces him to define himself as a Muslim and a son.
  • Black and White
  • Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy
  • The Fighting Cholitas
  • Freeheld
Ida/Alan Ett Music Documentary Award
We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
Director/Producer: Paul Taylor
Producer: Teddy Leifer
Writers: Paul Taylor and Slindile Moya
Rise Films, HBO Documentary Films, The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation
Filmed over three years, We Are Together tells the remarkable and moving tale of a group of children who use music to overcome hardship and loss. It is the story of an orphanage, unlike one you've ever seen before, and of the drive of these remarkable young singers and their teachers to make it to London for a series of concerts.
  • 4
  • Chops
  • Note by Note
  • War/Dance
Honorees
  • Career Achievement Award: Michael Moore
  • Preservation and Scholarship Award: National Geographic Digital Motion/ Jocelyn Shearer
  • Pioneer Award: Paula S. Apsell
  • Outstanding Documentary Cinematography Award: Buddy Squires
  • Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: Ted Braun
  • Courage Under Fire Award: Christiane Amanpour

For the full list of winners, see: www.documentary.org/programs/awards.php

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