AFI Docs
afi doc formerly silverdocs documentary film festival american international film festival created american film institute discovery channel held annually silver spring maryland washington dc merged afi fest los angelesbased film festival festival held five day june afi silver theatre location washington dc yoruba richen audience award new black looked africanamerican community response marriage equality initiative several organization usually took part event bbc cpb discovery channel tlc animal planet ford foundation hbo latino public broadcasting john catherine macarthur foundation miramax national black programming consortium national geographic pb sundance institute weinstein company one point afi doc advisory board included ken burn davis guggenheim chris hegedus werner herzog barbara kopple spike lee albert maysles errol morris pennebaker frederick wiseman aol vicechairman emeritus ted leonsis bet cofounder sheila johnson former vice president al gore academy awardwinning filmmaker martin scorsese jonathan demme barbara kopple alex gibney silverdocs award via uc berkeley medium resource center official website afi doc film festival filmfreeway