Document 2003

Document 2003

Directed and Produced by
Tina DiFeliciantonio & Jane C. Wagner

Produced for the Sundance Channel

For 21 years, the International Documentary Association has promoted non-fiction film and video by honoring the distinguished documentary films of the past year. Document 2003 highlights the following award-winners (listed in order of appearance):

Short Documentary Award:
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story tells the bittersweet story of how an American community was betrayed by greed, political hypocrisy and good intentions gone astray. Directed by Jordan Mechner.

Continuing Series Award:
The American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till is a retelling of a pivotal event in the birth of the civil-rights movement. Directed and produced by Stanley Nelson.

Pare Lorentz Award:
Berga: Soldiers of Another War tells the story of American prisoners of war caught in the tragedy of the Holocaust. Produced by Grace Guggenheim.

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The work of Alex Rivera, winner of the Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.

The following filmmakers also appear:

Career Achievement Award
Sir David Attenborough, Producer/Director

Pioneer Award
Mel Stuart, Producer/Director

Preservation & Scholarship Award
Michael Rabiger, Author/Film Professor

Feature Documentary Award
Balseros, Carlos Bosch, Director

ABC NEWS VideoSource Award
Bus 174, Jose Padilha, Director

Limited Series Award
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, Bill Jersey &
Richard Wormser, Directors/Producers

David L. Wolper Student Achievement Award
Waiting For Spring, Sue-Yeon Jung, Director