{"id":7016,"date":"2010-12-06T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T17:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2022-10-11T12:21:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:21:40","slug":"five-independent-lens-films-win-ida-awards","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/five-independent-lens-films-win-ida-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Independent Lens Films Win IDA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, what a weekend. The International Documentary Awards bestowed high honors on several films that will make their broadcast premiere on <em>Independent Lens<\/em> in coming months. We want to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the filmmakers and give you our viewers a look at the trailers for these exceptional films.<br \/>\nThe winners, announced last week were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><big><strong>Best Feature Documentary: <em>Waste Land<\/em>, by Lucy Walker<\/strong><\/big> &#8212; airing April 19 on <em>Independent Lens<\/em>.<br \/>\n(Walker also won the esteemed Pare Lorentz Award for <em>Waste Land<\/em>.)<\/li>\n<li><big><strong>Distinguished Limited Series Award: <em>Have You Heard from Johannesburg?<\/em>, by Connie Field<\/strong><\/big> &#8212; airing next season on <em>Independent Lens<\/em><\/li>\n<li><big><strong>Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award: Jeff Malmberg, director of <em>Marwencol<\/em><\/strong><\/big> &#8212; airing April 26 on <em>Independent Lens<\/em><\/li>\n<li><big><strong>Best Music Documentary: For Once in My Life, by Jim Bigham and Mark Moormann<\/strong> &#8212; airing February 1 on <em>Independent Lens<\/em><\/big><\/li>\n<li><strong><big>ABCNews Videosource Award: <em>Bhutto<\/em>, by Duane Baughman<\/big><\/strong> &#8212; airing May 10 on <em>Independent Lens<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, what a weekend. 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