13th Annual DocuWeeks

Friday, July 31 - Thursday, August 20, 2009

Over three weeks, DocuWeeks™ presents weeklong theatrical engagements of the year’s best documentary films in Los Angeles and New York, helping the films to qualify for Academy Award® consideration in the documentary feature and documentary short categories.

DocuWeeks™ premiered in 1997, and over the past 12 years, the showcase has qualified over 133 short and feature-length films, yielding 16 nominations and seven Oscar® winners. Previous participants include Academy Award® winners Smile Pinki (2008), Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) and The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006), as well as Oscar® Nominees The Betrayal, War/Dance, Salim Baba and Sari’s Mother.

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Week one: July 31 – August 6

Week two: August 7 – 13

DIRT! THE MOVIE

DOCUWEEKS SHORTS PROGRAM

MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN