KARL HESS, FROM MAO TO MOZART: Oscar Docs
by Andre Soares
In the next installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ "Oscar’s Docs, Part Three: Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1977–1988," Karl Hess: Toward Liberty and From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China will be screened on Monday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
Filmmaker Murray Lerner will discuss From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, his 1980 feature-length documentary winner. The film follows Isaac Stern’s visit to China, where he plays a formal concert and teaches master classes.
Filmmakers Roland Hallé and Peter Ladue will be on hand to discuss their 1980 short subject documentary winner Karl Hess: Toward Liberty. Hess, who at one point was a speech writer for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, became a Libertarian later in life.
"Oscar’s Docs" is a screening series of every short subject and feature to win the Academy Award for documentary filmmaking since the category was established in 1941.
Tickets to "Oscar’s Docs" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. A limited number of series passes are available for $30 for the general public and $25 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets and passes are available for purchase online at www.oscars.org, by mail, or at the Academy box office during regular business hours. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved.
The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue). For additional information, visit www.oscars.org/events or call (310) 247-3600.
Photos: Courtesy of Hallé/Ladue, Incorporated (Karl Hess: Toward Liberty), Courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library (From Mao to Mozart)
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