Neil Leifer's Portraits of a Lady and Peter Raymont's A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 27th annual Contemporary Documentaries series on Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.
Portraits of a Lady takes a look at the work of 25 artists who participated in a painting session with former US Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O'Connor in 2006. Following the screening, Leifer and co-producer Walter Bernard will take questions from the audience.
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman examines the life of Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean author who wrote numerous novels, plays, poems and essays in both Spanish and English.
All films will screen at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 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 or call (310) 247-3600.
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