Join us for the 2022 edition of IDA’s biennial conference Getting Real.
This event will also be available virtually.
Panelists: Eric Sloss (Head of Sales, Cinetic), Jennifer Tiexiera (Co-director, Subject), Camilla Hall (Co-director, Subject), Margie Ratliff (Co-producer, participant, Subject), and more to be announced
Moderator: Amelia Evans (Filmmaker and Executive Director, Institute for Multi-Stakeholder Initiative Integrity)
More than a century into the “documentary endeavor,” the filmmaking community is turning inwards to scrutinize the impact it’s had on the lives it’s portrayed. Tough but vital questions are being asked: What are a documentarian’s long-term responsibilities to their on-screen participants? Should they be paying them money? Offering them therapy? Giving them the right to withdraw a film from circulation? In this conversation, we’ll consider these questions from a legal perspective as we spotlight filmmakers and participants who have developed new frameworks for documentary filmmaking. We’ll discuss what a fair documentary contract could look like, and we’ll hear how distributors and other industry stakeholders are responding to this growing movement for accountability.