The DPA is a working group of more than 550 doc producers nationwide that advocates on behalf of producers & the health & welfare of the documentary industry.
Hope you're having a healthy end to the year! I'm reaching out to fellow @DocProducers DPA friends to make sure you know that, we're offering folx the option to waive 2023 dues if they donate $100 (or more) to the DPA before December 31st!
https://t.co/K7w0AH67ic via @givebutter
“It all starts with reflection. As a filmmaker, you have to ask yourself: Why am I interested in making this film? What are the relationships I need to have in order to make it? Am I the person who should be making it?” https://t.co/FLJi866YYk
You’re cordially invited to an evening recognizing Black leaders in entertainment and non fiction storytelling who expand our culture through innovative community building.
👉🏾 https://t.co/qCkCFLH7Hd
NEW: Today, I released a new Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace #MentalHealth & Well-Being. This Framework lays out Five Essentials needed to make our nation’s workplaces engines of well-being for all workers. https://t.co/fOoSvlEhjf 1/8
Emerging, mid career and established women/ non-binary filmmakers are invited to submit proposals for feature length docs (over 45 mins) and short docs (under 45 mins) ⬇️
🎥‼️The Documentary Accountability Working Group Presents a Masterclass Series with @KameelahRashad focused on how filmmakers can contemplate the ways systems of oppression, power and privilege affect who they are and impact the filmmaking process. RSVP: https://t.co/6KedwKVmJj
Join us on DOC NYC PRO Producing Day for a special panel on new frameworks to help documentary filmmakers navigate ethical dilemmas. Led by Louise Rosen (@IDAorg) w/ Sarah Wainio (@DocProducers), @CamillaHallNYC, and more. Panel co-presented by @svasocdoc. https://t.co/q92rcsnQsp
The @nytimes article on JIHAD REHAB is a reminder that as critics, programmers, filmmakers, and audience members in the documentary field, it is our job to question everything we see. That isn’t censorship. It’s active viewing, and it’s our responsibility. https://t.co/IyN15ssdSW
“Everyone knows the Christian myth of creation, but there are not enough films from the indigenous perspective; which has vast amounts of knowledge and rich myths.” - @GracielaGuarani during the Beyond Resilience: Indigenous Forums panel today at Getting Real. #docsgetreal
Support @IDAWorkersUnion by asking director level leadership and board members what they are doing to respond to staff needs and create a healthy and just workplace that people want to stay at. Today at 2pm PT / 5pm ET https://t.co/zLpob78hWg
To support us, keep asking questions of IDA leadership & demand accountability. Shout out to the @DocProducers and @AADocNetwork on their statement supporting the staff. We also appreciate the thoughtfulness of moderator @htshell and fellow panelist John Klacsmann (@AFAworkers).
📣Hey indie doc producers-give feedback at GETTING REAL BREAKOUT: Best Practices for Work-for-Hire Documentary Producers. Help protect ourselves negotiating new jobs.
🔑 Register https://t.co/Ue2jnyTDcf
⏰ Wed, Sept. 28 1-2:15pmEST...10-11:15amPST
#DocProducers#DocsGetReal22
#ADoc was established at IDA's 2016 Getting Real conference. As a follow up to our statement in April supporting @IDAWorkersUnion, the A-Doc Leadership Team and Staff want to share this statement as IDA’s Getting Real '22 begins tomorrow.
See our guide https://t.co/Dykkh5ighb🔗