Updated from original 7/22 story with quotes from IDA Interim Executive Director Ken Ikeda and IDA Board Co-Presidents Chris Perez and Grace Lee.
Progress on one labor front in the media industry.
Documentary Workers United announced its membership has voted unanimously to ratify its first ever contract with the International Documentary Association, capping months of negotiations.
“Our contract, our union, and our victorious ratification is a labor of love and care that would not have been possible without the continuous work of IDA workers, past and present,” Dwu said in a statement. “We are workers who defied the odds and who, despite continued challenges, have stayed committed to our union’s mission of equity and justice.”
Terms of the two-year contract call for:
An average of a 20-30% wage increase, with a baseline minimum of $30/hr A guaranteed annual rate increase Differential pay for additional labor A comprehensive reproductive health policy
Dwu,...
Progress on one labor front in the media industry.
Documentary Workers United announced its membership has voted unanimously to ratify its first ever contract with the International Documentary Association, capping months of negotiations.
“Our contract, our union, and our victorious ratification is a labor of love and care that would not have been possible without the continuous work of IDA workers, past and present,” Dwu said in a statement. “We are workers who defied the odds and who, despite continued challenges, have stayed committed to our union’s mission of equity and justice.”
Terms of the two-year contract call for:
An average of a 20-30% wage increase, with a baseline minimum of $30/hr A guaranteed annual rate increase Differential pay for additional labor A comprehensive reproductive health policy
Dwu,...
- 7/22/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
A handful of awards season frontrunners is starting to emerge with the announcement today of the IDA Documentary Awards Shortlists.
All That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, from Laura Poitras, and The Territory, from Alex Pritz, made the 25-film shortlist of features, a day after securing nominations for the Gotham Awards. Three other strong contenders – Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love, Brett Morgen’s David Bowie doc Moonage Daydream, and Daniel Roher’s Navalny also made the IDA shortlist. See the complete features and shorts shortlists below.
‘Fire of Love’
The shortlisted films will be culled to a maximum of 10 nominees for Best Documentary Feature and 10 max for Best Short Documentary. Nominees in those and a variety of additional categories – including Best Director,...
All That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, from Laura Poitras, and The Territory, from Alex Pritz, made the 25-film shortlist of features, a day after securing nominations for the Gotham Awards. Three other strong contenders – Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love, Brett Morgen’s David Bowie doc Moonage Daydream, and Daniel Roher’s Navalny also made the IDA shortlist. See the complete features and shorts shortlists below.
‘Fire of Love’
The shortlisted films will be culled to a maximum of 10 nominees for Best Documentary Feature and 10 max for Best Short Documentary. Nominees in those and a variety of additional categories – including Best Director,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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