AFI Docs
LocationWashington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Founded2003 (2003)
No. of films103 as of 2017

The AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) documentary film festival was an American international film festival. Created by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel, it was held annually in Silver Spring, Maryland and Washington, D.C.,[1][2][3] from 2003 to 2022, when it was merged into AFI Fest, a Los Angeles-based film festival.[4]

The festival was held for five days in June at the AFI Silver Theatre and other locations in Washington, D.C.

Yoruba Richen won the Audience Award in 2013 for The New Black, which looked at about the African-American community response to marriage equality initiatives.[5][6]

Several organizations usually took part in 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.

At one point, the AFI Docs Advisory Board included: Ken Burns, Davis Guggenheim, Chris Hegedus, Werner Herzog, Barbara Kopple, Spike Lee, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, D A Pennebaker, and Frederick Wiseman.

Notable participants

References

  1. ↑ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "AFI plans". 6 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-05-09.
  3. ↑ "The American Film Institute Announces Dates For 2021 AFI Docs Film Festival". SHOOTonline. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  4. ↑ Hornaday, Ann (2022-02-03). "AFI Docs is hitting pause on programming". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  5. ↑ "The New Black | A film by Yoruba Richen". www.newblackfilm.com. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  6. ↑ "The New Black | African American Debate over Marriage Equality | Independent Lens | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

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