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Free Pre-Screenings of 82nd Academy Award(R) Nominees at the National Archives
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posted Feb 18, 2010, 15:45
Highlighting Four Categories March 3-7, 2010
Free Pre-Screenings of 82nd Academy Award(R) Nominees at the National Archives
Highlighting Four Categories March 3-7, 2010
(Washington) The National Archives will host free screenings of the 82nd Academy
Award® nominees in four categories - Documentary Feature, Documentary Short
Subject, Live Action Short Film, and Animated Short Film - in its William G.
McGowan Theater from Wednesday, March 3, through Sunday, March 7, 2010. This
year marks the sixth consecutive year these screenings have been hosted by the
National Archives.
The screenings are the first in a series of three programs presented annually
by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in partnership with The Charles
Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film at the National Archives, and the
Foundation for the National Archives.
This year, the Documentary Feature nominee screenings will be hosted by film
critic Willie Waffle. Mr. Waffle appears regularly on DC50-TV and on over 30
radio stations across the country, including WMZQ-FM. He is the author of Back
Shelf Beauties: Movies You Should Rent When the New Stuff is Gone, and, along
with fellow critics Tim Gordon and Nell Minow, established the Washington, D.C.
Area Film Critics Association in 2002.
Seating for all screenings will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. No reservations
will be accepted. Free tickets will be distributed at the National Archives
Special Events entrance on Constitution Avenue beginning 60 minutes prior to
the start time. You must be present to receive a ticket. Theater doors will
open 30 minutes prior to start time. The saving of seats is strictly prohibited.
The William G. McGowan Theater is located in the National Archives Building
in Washington, D.C. Metro accessible on Yellow or Green lines, Archives/Navy
Memorial station. The public should use the Special Event entrance on Constitution
Avenue and 7th Street, NW. To verify the date and times of the programs, call
the National Archives Public Programs Line at: (202) 357-5000, or view the Calendar
of Events on the web at: www.archives.gov/calendar.
Screening Schedule (Subject to print availability)
Documentary Feature Nominees, March 3-7
Wednesday, March 3, 7:00 p.m.
Food, Inc.
Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
(94 minutes, rated PG-13)
Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon
Papers
Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
(92 minutes, unrated)
Friday, March 5, 7:00 p.m.
The Cove
Nominees to be determined
(92 minutes, rated PG-13)
Saturday, March 6, 7:00 p.m.
Burma VJ
Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller
(84 minutes, unrated)
Sunday, March 7, 4:30 p.m.
Which Way Home
Rebecca Cammisa
(90 minutes, unrated)
Live Action Short Film Nominees, Saturday, March 6, noon.
The Door
Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom
Kavi
Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Total Running time: 95 minutes.
Animated Short Film Nominees, Saturday, March 6, 3:30 p.m.
French Roast
Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama
Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Nick Park
Total Running Time: 68 minutes.
Documentary Short Subject Nominees, Sunday, March 7, noon
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit a la Berlin
Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Total Running Time: 199 minutes (with a brief intermission).
Note: Screenings on Sunday, March 7, will conclude prior to 8 p.m. to allow
attendees to return home to view the 82nd Academy Awards live broadcast on the
ABC Television Network.
Resources:
National Archives: www.archives.gov
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