Wide Lens: Oscar Documentaries
8:30 p.m. Film Screenings
Interviews with My Lai Veterans, Joseph Strick, 1970, 20 min.
Hearts and Minds, Peter Davis, 1974, 112 min.
Strick and Davis offer intimate perspectives on the Vietnam War by training their cameras on soldiers who participated in the My Lai massacre and a diverse selection of American and Vietnamese opponents of the war, respectively.
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