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V-Log for 16 January 2009

MoMA’s SECOND ANNUAL DOC MONTH

DOCUMENTARY FORTNIGHT, THE 8TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NONFICTION FILMS

Doc Month Also Features a Retrospective of the Italian Filmmaking Team Angela Ricci Lucchi And Yervant Gianikian, Oscar-Nominated Documentaries from 1946-56, and 2009’s Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

DOC MONTH
February 1–February 28, 2009 

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters & The Celeste Bartos Theater

NEW YORK, January 21, 2009—The Museum of Modern Art announces the line-up for Doc Month, an annual initiative that showcases the best of contemporary and classic nonfiction films each February.

This year’s edition comprises four distinctively focused series. At the centerpiece is the Museum’s eighth annual international festival of nonfiction film, Documentary Fortnight (February 11–25), a juried festival of more than 50 contemporary films from around the globe that explore a wide range of topics. Other series include the Angela Ricci Lucchi and Yervant Gianikian Retrospective, with 22 short and nine feature-length documentaries directed by the Italian filmmaking team (February 2–28); Oscar’s Docs, 1946-56: Optimism and Adventure!, a selection of post-World War II short and feature-length narratives from the archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (February 2–9); and the 81st Academy-Nominated Documentary Shorts, featuring the five 2009 nominees (February 15). Doc Month screenings are presented from February 1 through February 28, 2009, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters and The Celeste Bartos Theater.

      Other documentaries rounding out February’s Doc Month include Latin American Focus: Juan Mandelbaum’s Our Disappeared, a deeply personal film about kidnappings and torture that took place during Argentina’s military dictatorship of 1976-83 (February 26); A Tribute to George C. Stoney, with four films by the father of public access television and the dean of American documentary filmmakers (February 27, 28); Collaborations in the Collection, a selection of Helen van Dongen’s groundbreaking editing work with acclaimed documentary directors Joris Ivens and Robert J. Flaherty (February 26—28); and MoMA Presents: Kevin Merz’s Glorious Exit, a week-long run of a film about a son who returns to Nigeria to attend to his father’s traditional burial.

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