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| A scene from the winning Waste Land. |
By John Esther
Tonight at the Director Guild of America in West Hollywood, Ca., the International Documentary Association announced the Feature, Short and Series Award categories.
Hosted by Morgan Spurlock (IDA 2004 nominee director of Super Size Me) the 2010 IDA Documentary Awards saw Lucy Walker’s Waste Land take home its second IDA award after receiving the IDA's Pare Lorentz Award earlier this week. The documentary is based on the journey artist Vik Muniz takes from his current home in Brooklyn, New York, to the world's largest garbage dump in Brazil, Walker accepted the award along with producer Angus Aynsley.
The Distinguished Short Film Award went to Kiran Deol's Woman Rebel, a story of Uma Bhujel, a soldier and women's rights advocate who went from the Maoist Nepal’s People’s Liberation Army to a democratically elected government official.
In the Series Award Categories the Distinguished Continuing Series Award went to ESPN Films’ 30 for 30, the network’s documentary series about thirty stories from ESPN’s 30-year history. The Distinguished Limited Series Award went to Connie Field for her seven-film series Have You Heard from Johannesburg, a documentary looking at the global effort to end South Africa's 20th Century apartheid.
Other 2010 IDA Documentary Award Winners:
Honorable Mention for the IDA Pare Lorentz Award: Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?;
Music Documentary Award: For Once In My Life;
ABCNews Videosource Award: Bhutto;
IDA Humanitas Award: A tie between Presumed Guilty and The Oath;
IDA David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award: Waiting for a Train: The Toshio Hirano Story;
Honorable Mention for the IDA David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award: The Stinking Ship;
Career Achievement Award: Barbara Kopple;
Pioneer Award: Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond;
Preservation and Scholarship Award: Mark Jonathan Harris.
