IDA Weekly Digest News, updates and opportunities from the International Documentary Association In Theaters Everywhere October 9 See HE NAMED ME MALALA, coming soon HE NAMED ME MALALA is an intimate portrait of educational activist Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded by Taliban gunmen and has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide. In December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Directed by Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim, HE NAMED ME MALALA gives a new, never-before-seen look at the life of a civil rights icon. LEARN MORE - Sponsored Content - IDA Conversation Series: Davis Guggenheim Wednesday, October 21 in Los Angeles October's Conversation Series event spotlights the exceptional films and remarkable career of Davis Guggenheim, director of the Academy AwardŽ winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, one of the most influential films of our time. Series host/interviewer Ben Mankiewicz and Davis will explore his wide-ranging body of work that includes such culturally significant and brilliantly crafted films as He Named Me Malala(2015), From the Sky Down (2011),Waiting for 'Superman' (2010), and An Inconvenient Truth (2006). Don't miss this illuminating and powerful evening of clips and conversation. REGISTER TODAY IDA SCREENING SERIES  Meru  Thurs, Oct. 8 at The Landmark  Conversation after the film with co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. Moderated by Steve Greene, Special Projects Editor, Indiewire.   Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas. RSVP TODAY    IDA Conversation Series: Stanley Nelson Thursday, October 1 in Oakland Reception to follow Join us for this special Bay Area edition of the IDA Conversation Series featuring the preeminent documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson in conversation with Orlando Bagwell, Director of the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism documentary program. One of America's most acclaimed filmmakers and a singularly original chronicler of the African-American experience, Stanley has won an Emmy AwardŽ, been named a MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow, and was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in 2014. The list of Stanley's remarkable films includes such penetrating and timeless works as Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders, Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple, A Place of Our Own, The Murder of Emmett Till, and his current film, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. REGISTER TODAY IDA SCREENING SERIES  The Wolfpack  Tues, Oct. 6 at The Landmark  Conversation after the film with director Crystal Moselle. Moderated by Steve Greene, Special Projects Editor, Indiewire.   The Wolfpack charts a fascinating coming of age story and becomes a true example of the power of movies to transform and save lives. RSVP TODAY BADWEST Filmmakers Day of Black Docs  Showcasing Women Filmmakers,October 10 12-5p at AFI The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West will have poet/activist Sonia Sanchez join the Q&A followingBaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, a documentary by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon. Three other films, Peres Owino's Bound: Africans vs. African Americans; Joyce Guy's Dancing Like Home; and David Massey's When Justice Isn't Just complete the program. Filmmakers Joyce Guy, David Massey, Peres Owino and Producer Dawn Kirk-Alexander will also be present. PURCHASE TICKETS - Sponsored Content - Be part of our mission.  Join the IDA today!

"Reverend Cecil Williams was the conscience of our San Francisco community. He spoke out against injustice and he spoke for the marginalized," said Mayor London Breed. Read More. Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight San Francisco ~ Dallas

Posted Courtesy of Wright Enterprises Community Spotlight San Francisco ~ Dallas Today, Mayor London N. Breed and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development announced a new outdoor concert series in San Francisco. Program will fund outdoor music performances in parks and plazas across San Francisco beginning in May.

Tanisha Nicole Cyprian, a talented emerging business owner at the time of her enrollment in the program that teamed the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. San Francisco Chapter and the City of San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development, continues to grow and flourish recently adding magazine feature appearances to her business strategy. Jackie Wright, CEO of Wright Enterprises conceived and developed the program that gives women well paid training opportunities, is pleased to get reports of women who have benefited from the experience. The Doris Ward OEWD Workforce Development Program was made possible by Mayor London Breed's "Dream Keeper Initiative." Read More.