Cynthia Scott's Flamenco at 5:15 (right) and Emile Ardolino's He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' will be screened on Monday, October 22, at 7:30 p.m. in 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."
The 1983 Documentary Short Subject winner Flamenco at 5:15 is about National Ballet School of Canada's senior students learning flamenco dancing.
Cynthia Scott, by the way, is also the director of the excellent 1990 comedy-drama Strangers in Good Company, about a group of elderly women stranded in the Canadian countryside after their bus breaks down.
The 1983 Documentary Feature winner, He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin', shows New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d'Amboise giving dance lessons to students at several New York City schools.
Following his Oscar win, Emile Ardolino went on to direct several Hollywood flicks, including Dirty Dancing, 3 Men and a Little Lady, and Sister Act. His burgeoning film career was cut short by AIDS.
"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: Edgar J. Sherick Associates Productions (He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'), National Film Board of Canada (Flamenco at 5:15)
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