As part of the ongoing series "Oscar's Docs: The First Twenty Years of Academy Award®-Winning Documentaries," new 35mm prints of the Oscar-winning documentaries of 1957 and 1958 will be screened on Monday, November 28, at 7:30 p.m., at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
According to the Academy's press release, 1957 Documentary Feature winner Albert Schweitzer "was the result of a six-year collaboration between filmmakers Jerome Hill and Erica Anderson and Schweitzer himself." The film is narrated by Fredric March and Burgess Meredith. For 1958, the Disney films Ama Girls and White Wilderness will be screened. The former, winner in the Documentary Short Subject category, depicts the lives of the women of a Japanese fishing village; the latter is a portrait of the wildlife of the Arctic. (Note: No Oscar was awarded for Documentary Short Subject in 1957.)
"Oscar's Docs'" final installment will be held on Monday, December 5. That evening's screening will feature Glas / Glass (1959), Serengeti darf nicht sterben / Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959), Giuseppina (1960) and The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960).
Tickets may be purchased by mail, in person at the Academy during regular business hours or, pending availability, the night of the screening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. For more information call (310) 247-3000, ext. 111.
Photos: © A.M.P.A.S.
2005 AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (AFI FEST 2005) winners
European Film Academy 2005 nominees