Academy’s Contemporary Documentaries Return with “An Inconvenient Truth”

March 5, 2008, Beverly Hills, CA — “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Who Killed the Electric Car?” will kick off the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Spring 2008 “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free.

The 2006 Oscar®-winning documentary feature “An Inconvenient Truth" offers an in-depth look at one man’s fervent crusade to halt global warming’s deadly progress by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who in the wake of defeat in the 2000 presidential election, reset the course of his life to focus on his decades-long effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change.

The documentary feature “Who Killed the Electric Car?” chronicles the life and mysterious death of the General Motors EV1, which ran on electricity, produced no emissions, and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. When GM stopped production of this innovative vehicle, the cultural and economic ripple effects reverberated through the halls of government and big business.

A total of 16 feature-length and short documentaries will screen on Wednesday evenings through June 11, showcasing several of the 2006 Academy Award®-nominated films as well as other documentaries considered by the Academy that year.

The Spring 2008 “Contemporary Documentaries” screening schedule is as follows:

March 19

“An Inconvenient Truth”
(Directed by Davis Guggenheim; produced by Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns)
Academy Award winner: Documentary Feature

“Who Killed the Electric Car?”
(Directed by Chris Paine; produced by Jessie Deeter)

April 2

“The Diary of Immaculee”
(Directed by Peter LeDonne; produced by Steve Kalafer)

“Sisters in Law”
(Directed and produced by Kim Longinotto; co-directed by Florence Ayisi)

April 16

“Recycled Life”
(Directed by Leslie Iwerks; produced by Mike Glad)
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

“Storm of Emotions”
(Directed by Yael Klopmann; produced by Micky Rabinovitz and Jim Abrams)

April 30

“The U.S. vs. John Lennon”
(Directed and produced by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld)

“Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man”
(Directed and produced by Lian Lunson; produced by Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey)

May 21

“Two Hands”
(Directed by Nathaniel Kahn; produced by Susan Rose Behr, Kahn)
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

“Dear Talula”
(Directed by Lori Benson; produced by Benson, Jonathan Stack, Anthony Ciaccio, Donna Santiago)

“Deliver Us from Evil”
(Directed by Amy Berg; produced by Berg, Frank Donner, Hermas Lassalle, Matthew Cooke)
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature

May 28

“The War Tapes”
(Directed by Deborah Scranton; produced by Robert May and Steve James)

“The Ground Truth”
(Directed and produced by Patricia Foulkrod)

June 11

“Phoenix Dance”
(Directed and produced by Karina Epperlein)

“Rehearsing a Dream”
(Directed and produced by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

“Shut Up & Sing”
(Directed and produced by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck; produced by David Cassidy)

All films will screen at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. All seating is unreserved. Filmmakers will be present at screenings whenever possible.

The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. Free parking is available through the entrance on Homewood Avenue (one block north of Fountain Avenue).

For additional information, visit Oscars.org or call (310) 247-3600.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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