WITNESS TO WAR: DR. CHARLIE CLEMENTS, BROKEN RAINBOW, WOMEN — FOR AMERICA, FOR THE WORLD: Oscar’s Docs
by Andre Soares
The Oscar-winning documentaries Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (above), Broken Rainbow and Women — for America, for the World will be screened on Monday, November 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Linwood Dunn Theater as the next installment of "Oscar’s Docs, Part Three: Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1977–1988."
In the 1985 Documentary Short Subject winner, Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements, decorated Vietnam War pilot Charlie Clements gives up his military career to devote himself to healing and non-violent solutions in war-torn El Salvador. Director Deborah Shaffer and Dr. Charlie Clements will take part in a post-screening discussion.
Producer Maria Florio and producer-director Victoria Mudd will be on hand to discuss Broken Rainbow, the 1985 Documentary Feature winner, which, as per the Academy’s press release, presents a "scathing indictment" of the treatment of Native Americans during the 1970s and early 1980s.
The 1986 Documentary Short Subject winner, Women — for America, for the World, features "22 prominent American women sharing their practical, compassionate views on the need to end the arms race and reassess national priorities." Among the interviewees are Joanne Woodward, Patricia Schroeder, Allene Cottier, Ellen Goodman, and Geraldine Ferraro. Producer-director Vivienne Verdon-Roe will take part in a post-screening discussion.
"Oscar’s Docs" is a comprehensive screening series of every short subject and feature to win the Academy Award for documentary filmmaking since the category was established in 1941.
The retrospective will present the best available prints, often featuring newly struck or restored editions from the documentary collection of the Academy Film Archive. The series will continue each Monday evening through November 19 and will be complemented on many nights by onstage discussions with the filmmakers (schedules permitting).
Tickets to "Oscar’s Docs" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets 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 Skylight Pictures (Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements), Earthworks Films (Broken Rainbow), Educational Film and Video Project (Women — for America, for the World)
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