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September 20, 2005 "Oscar’s Docs" to Present Panel Discussion with WWII Combat CameramenBeverly Hills, CA — For the next installment of its series "Oscar’s Docs: The First Twenty Years of Academy Award®-Winning Documentaries,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will host a panel discussion featuring World War II combat cameramen on Monday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m., in the Linwood Dunn Theater. The 12-week series showcases the first 40 short and feature-length documentaries honored by the Academy since the inception of the category in 1941. Documentarian and scholar Dr. Betsy McLane will moderate the discussion, focusing on the challenges facing combat cameramen during WWII and the personal sacrifices made to provide footage of the war for people back home. McLane is the co-author of the upcoming “History of Documentary Film,” with Professor Jack C. Ellis, and the former Director of the International Documentary Association. WWII combat cameramen William T. Cartwright (U.S. Marine Corps), Hal Geer (U.S. Army), Ruben Wiener (U.S. Army) and Ben Wolfe (U.S. Army) will participate in the panel. Also participating in the discussion will be: Dr. Cora Goldstein, Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach, and a specialist in the cultural policies of the American military government in post-war Germany; Wayne Weiss, Armed Forces film producer-director for the Department of Defense between 1983 and 1994; and Dr. Charles Wolfe, Professor of Film Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a film historian focused on the history of commercial, independent and documentary filmmaking in the United States. Continuing the WWII focus, “Hitler Lives?” (1945), “The True Glory” (1945) and “Seeds of Destiny” (1946) will be screened at the October 3 installment of “Oscar’s Docs.” Passes for "Oscar’s Docs: The First Twenty Years of Academy Award-Winning Documentaries" are available at a cost of $30 for the general public and $25 for Academy members and students with valid I.D. Tickets for individual evenings of the series are available for $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with valid I.D. Passes and 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. # # # |
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