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| Location | Washington, DC & Silver Spring, Maryland |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| No. of films | 103 (in 2017) |
The AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) documentary film festival is an American international film festival created by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel. It is held every year in Silver Spring, Maryland and Washington, D.C..[1][2][3] Started in 2003, the festival is held for five days in June at the AFI Silver Theatre as well as several locations in Washington, D.C.
Notable participants[edit]
- AOL vice-chairman emeritus Ted Leonsis,
- BET co-founder Sheila Johnson,
- former Vice President Al Gore,
- Academy Award-winning film makers Martin Scorsese,
- Jonathan Demme,
- Barbara Kopple,
- LeBron James and Alex Gibney.
Yoruba Richen won the Audience award in 2013 for The New Black, her documentary was about the African-American community response to marriage equality initiatives.[4][5]
Participating organizations[edit]
There are several organizations that usually take part on the events: BBC, CPB, Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, The Ford Foundation, HBO, Latino Public Broadcasting, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Miramax, National Black Programming Consortium, National Geographic, PBS, the Sundance Institute, The Weinstein Company.
Advisory Board[edit]
The AFI Docs Advisory Board includes: Ken Burns, Davis Guggenheim, Chris Hegedus, Werner Herzog, Barbara Kopple, Spike Lee, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, D A Pennebaker, Frederick Wiseman.
References[edit]
- ^ Dry, Kate Erbland,Eric Kohn,David Ehrlich,Ben Travers,Jude; Erbland, Kate; Kohn, Eric; Ehrlich, David; Travers, Ben; Dry, Jude (2020-06-16). "AFI Docs 2020: 10 of the Most Exciting Films in This Year's Lineup". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "AFI plans".
- ^ "The American Film Institute Announces Dates For 2021 AFI Docs Film Festival". SHOOTonline. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "The New Black | A film by Yoruba Richen". www.newblackfilm.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "The New Black | African American Debate over Marriage Equality | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
External links[edit]
- Silverdocs Award Winners (via UC Berkeley)
- Official website
- Info about AFI
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