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The Danish Poet |
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Lifted |
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The Little Matchgirl |
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Maestro |
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No Time for Nuts |
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Binta and the Great Idea |
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Helmer & Son |
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The Saviour |
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West Bank Story |
The Center for the National Archives Experience will host the third annual free screenings of the Academy Award® nominees in four categories—Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film—from Wednesday, February 21, through Sunday, February 25. The screenings are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in partnership with The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Foundation for the National Archives.
Please note that some films may not be appropriate for general audiences.
Screening Schedule:
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Wednesday, February 21, 7–9 p.m.
Screening introduced by Catherine Wyler, Emmy-nominated producer and daughter of director William Wyler.
Iraq in Fragments (94 minutes.)
A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production
James Longley and John Sinno
Thursday, February 22, 7–9 p.m.
Screening introduced by Werner Schumann, Oscar-nominated co-producer of The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America (1982).
Deliver Us From Evil (101 minutes)
A Disarming Films Production
Amy Berg and Frank Donner
Friday, February 23, 7–9 p.m.
Screening introduced by Flo Stone, artistic director and founder of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital.
An Inconvenient Truth (97 minutes)
A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production
Davis Guggenheim
Saturday, February 24, 7–9 p.m.
Screening introduced by Gerardine Wurzburg, Oscar-winning producer of Educating Peter (1992).
My Country, My Country (90 minutes)
A Praxis Films Production
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Sunday, February 25, 4–6 p.m.
Screening introduced by Nina Gilden Seavey, documentary filmmaker and director of The Documentary Center at George Washington University.
Jesus Camp (85 minutes)
A Loki Films Production
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
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Saturday, February 24, noon–2 p.m.
Screening introduced by Peggy Parsons, head of the Department of Film Programs at the National Gallery of Art.
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
An Altube Filmeak Production
Borja Cobeaga
Helmer & Son
A Nordisk Film Production
Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
The Saviour
An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
West Bank Story
An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
Ari Sandel
Total running time: 100 minutes.
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Saturday, February 24, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Screening introduced by Dave Flood, award-winning animator and creative director at Interface Media Group.
The Danish Poet
A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production
Torill Kove
Lifted
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl
A Walt Disney Pictures Production
Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Maestro
A Kedd Production
Geza M. Toth
No Time for Nuts
A Blue Sky Studios Production
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Total running time: 41 minutes.
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Sunday, February 25, noon–3 p.m.
Screening introduced by Dorinda White, president of the Board of Directors at Women in Film and Video.
The Blood of Yingzhou District
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Recycled Life
An Iwerks/Glad Production
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream
A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands
A Crazy Boat Pictures Production
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
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 All films are free and open to the public. The William G. McGowan Theater is located in the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20408-0001.
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