READ LOURDES' UPDATE: "Where Are They Now? IDA Documentary Award Winners" from the Independent Documentary Association of America
/“Portillo is the only filmmaker to have earned IDA Documentary Award in four different decades.”
The Independent Documentary Association has published an update courtesy of journalist Tom White on what past IDA award winners have been up to, including Lourdes Portillo: "Where Are They Now? IDA Documentary Award Winners"
Lourdes Portillo was honored in 2017 by the Independent Documentary Association of America (IDA) with a Career Achievement Award (see here: IDA Documentary Awards 2017 - Lourdes Portillo ). Lourdes Portillo was interviewed in 2017 in conjunction with this award: IDA Career Achievement Award: Lourdes Portillo: Filmmaking as Desire
Lourdes Portillo’s past awards from the Independent Documentary Association of America include:
Director, with Susana Munoz, Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza De Mayo—Winner, Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award, 1986
Director, The Devil Never Sleeps—Winner, Best Feature, 1995
Director, Señorita Extraviada—Winner, Best Feature, 2002
Career Achievement Award Honoree—2017
Lourdes Portillo at the IDA awards ceremony. Photo courtesy of: Independent Documentary Association.