International Documentary Association Names Richard Ray Perez Executive Director
Filmmaker takes over for Simon Kilmurry, who held the role since 2015
Brian Welk | May 12, 2021 @ 8:00 AM
IDA - Richard Ray Perez
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has named filmmaker Richard Ray Perez as its executive director, taking over for the outgoing Simon Kilmurry.
Kilmurry announced in November he would be stepping down in mid-2021 after serving with the IDA since 2015. Perez will take over the role immediately.
“Rick” Perez is a documentary filmmaker known for the films “Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election” and “Cesar’s Last Fast,” which premiered at Sundance in 2014 and was named one of 20 essential films to capture the Latinx experience as part of a New York Times feature. He’s also a nonfiction film strategist focused on the convergence of storytelling, thought leadership and themes vital to contemporary societies.
IDA taps Richard Ray Perez as executive director In Los Angeles, the International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the appointment of Richard Ray Perez as its new executive director.
He steps into his new role immediately, succeeding Simon Kilmurry who . May 12, 2021
In Los Angeles, the International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the appointment of Richard Ray Perez as its new executive director.
He steps into his new role immediately, succeeding Simon Kilmurry who served in the position since 2015.
Perez was most recently the director of acquisitions and distribution strategies at GBH | WORLD Channel where he curated and acquired documentary film projects for the platform’s three original series.
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Emily Cohen Ibanez s documentary is an intriguing look at the heavily responsibilities borne by an undocumented immigrant s teen daughter.
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Running time: Running time: 77 MIN.
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Those who complain “immigrants are stealing our jobs” hardly seem likely applicants for the jobs held by protagonists in “Fruits of Labor” such as cleaning other people’s houses or working the graveyard shift in a food processing plant. Constant hard work doesn’t seem to bring the American Dream much closer for this Mexican American family on California’s central coast. Emily Cohen Ibanez’s debut feature provides a flavorful glimpse at lives seldom represented in popular media, though she also obfuscates that view somewhat with fussily artistic fil