Wide Lens: Oscar Documentaries
8:30 p.m. Film Screenings
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (Deborah Hoffmann, 1994, 44 min.)
The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, 1984, 87 min.)
Deborah Hoffmann and Rob Epstein in attendance.
Bay Area filmmakers Hoffmann and Epstein offer poignant portrayals of a mother's battle with Alzheimer's and a beloved gay politician's rise and assassination.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
About "Wide Lens: Oscar Documentaries":
SFMOMA, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and California College of the Arts copresent a series of Academy Award-nominated and -winning documentaries from the last 40 years. Curated by Rob Epstein, chair of graduate film at CCA, the series commences with a panel discussion on documentary film in public culture.
$7 general; $5 SFMOMA members, students, and seniors. Does not include Museum admission.
Official Website: http://www.sfmoma.org/calendar/calendar_event.asp?eventid=1012&etype=2&func=repeat