Contemporary Documentaries Articles
I.O.U.S.A., VIVA LA CAUSA: The US National Debt and Cesar Chavez at Academy Screenings
Alonso F. Mayo and Bill Brummel’s Viva la Causa and Patrick Creadon’s I.O.U.S.A. will be screened in the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series on Wednesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. Viva la Causa tells the story of a [...]
TROUBLE THE WATER, THE WITNESS – FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306 Screening
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Trouble the Water (above) and Adam Pertofsky’s The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306 will kick off the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Part Two of its 28th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" screening series on Wednesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. [...]
WILD OCEAN, HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU Screening
Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas‘ Wild Ocean (above, top photo) and Greg MacGillivray’s Hurricane on the Bayou, narrated by Meryl Streep, will be screened as the final installment of Part One of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. at the California Science Center’s IMAX Theater in Exposition Park. Admission is free. Shot along [...]
BLESSED IS THE MATCH, PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL Screening
Roberta Grossman’s Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh and Gini Reticker’s Pray the Devil Back to Hell (above, lower photo) will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 11, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Blessed Is the Match: [...]