Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films 2016, Program B

Friday, January 29 - Tuesday, March 1, 2016

MUST END MARCH 1!

Total Running Time: 76 minutes

Chau, Beyond the Lines – dir. Courtney Marsh, USA/Vietnam, 34 minute Synopsis: Chau, a teenager living in a Vietnamese care center for children born with birth defects due to Agent Orange, struggles with the difficulties of realizing his dream to become a professional artist and clothing designer. Despite being told that his ambitions are unrealistic, Chau is determined to live an independent, productive life.

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah – dir. Adam Benzine, USA, 40 minutes Synopsis: Thirty years after the release of the documentary SHOAH, filmmaker Claude Lanzmann discusses the personal and professional difficulties he encountered during the more than 12 years it took to create the work. Lanzmann also discusses his relationships with Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, and his teenage years spent fighting in the French Resistance during World War II.

The other 3 documentary shorts nominated for the Oscar can be seen in Program A.

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