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| Location | Washington, D.C., andSilver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Founded | 2003 (2003) |
| No. of films | 103 as of 2017 |
TheAFI Docs (formerlySilverdocs) documentary film festival was an American internationalfilm festival. Created by theAmerican Film Institute and theDiscovery Channel, it was held annually inSilver Spring, Maryland andWashington, 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 theAFI Silver Theatre and other locations in Washington, D.C.
Yoruba Richen won theAudience Award in 2013 forThe New Black, which looked at about the African-American community response tomarriage 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, theSundance 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, andFrederick Wiseman.
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