Academy Awards

1986 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerWitness to War: Dr. Charlie ClementsDavid GoodmanDocumentary of Charlie Clements, a Vietnam War pilot who was convinced by his experiences in the war that he should become a doctor working behind enemy lines.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesKeats and His Nightingale: A Blind DateMichael CrowleyAmazonMaking Overtures: The Story of a Community OrchestraBarbara Willis SweeteAmazonThe Courage to CareRobert H. GardnerAmazonThe Wizard of the StringsAlan EdelsteinAmazon

1987 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerWomen - for America, for the WorldVivienne Verdon-Roe22 prominent American women discuss their activism for nuclear disarmament and their motivations in seeking the end of the arms race.Amazon1987 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesDebonair DancersAlison Nigh-StrelichAmazonRed Grooms: Sunflower in a HothouseThomas L. NeffAmazonSamAaron D. WeisblattAmazonThe Masters of DisasterSonya FriedmanAmazon

1988 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerYoung at HeartSue MarxFilmmakers Sue Marx and Pamela Conn document the romance between Sue's father Louis Gothelf and Reva Shwayder, each in their mid-80s. Both artists and residents of the Detroit suburbs, they...Amazon1988 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesFrances Steloff: Memoirs of a BooksellerDeborah DicksonAmazonIn the Wee Wee Hours...Frantisek DanielAmazonLanguage Says It AllMegan WilliamsAmazonSilver Into GoldLynn MuellerAmazon

1989 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerYou Don't Have to DieBill GuttentagA young boy's successful battle against cancer and his subsequent efforts to help other children overcome their fears of the illness.Amazon1989 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesFamily GatheringAnn TegnellAmazonGang CopsThomas B. FlemingAmazonPortrait of ImogenNancy HaleAmazonThe Children's StorefrontKaren GoodmanAmazon

1990 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerThe Johnstown FloodCharles GuggenheimOn May 30, 1889 the South Fork Dam, which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families, failed due to very heavy rains and poor maintenance by the ...Amazon1990 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesFine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9David PetersenAmazonYad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the FutureRay Errol FoxAmazon

1991 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerDays of WaitingSteven OkazakiThe story of Estelle Ishigo, one of the few Caucasians interned with Japanese Americans during World War II. The wife of a Japanese American, Ishigo refused to be separated from her husband...Amazon1991 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesBurning Down TomorrowKit ThomasAmazonChimps: So Like UsKaren GoodmanAmazonJourney Into Life: The World of the UnbornDerek BromhallAmazonRose Kennedy: A Life to RememberFreida Lee MockAmazon

1992 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerDeadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our EnvironmentDebra ChasnoffThis 1991 Academy Award®-winning documentary uncovers the disastrous health and environmental side effects caused by the production of nuclear materials by the General Electric Corporation.Amazon1992 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesA Little ViciousImmy HumesAmazonBirdnesters of ThailandEric ValliAmazonMemorial: Letters from American SoldiersBill CouturiéAmazonThe Mark of the MakerDavid McGowanAmazon

1993 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerEducating PeterThomas C. GoodwinPeter Gwazdauskas, a child with Down Syndrome, attends a normal school with regular students. The documentary follows Peter and how much he has improved throughout the school year.Amazon1993 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesAt the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-WaiGeoffrey O'ConnorAmazonBeyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review'Wendy L. WeinbergAmazonThe Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam BorensteinRichard ElsonAmazonWhen Abortion Was Illegal: Untold StoriesDorothy FadimanAmazon

1994 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerDefending Our LivesMargaret LazarusDocumentary about the magnitude and severity of domestic violence. This film features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies.Amazon1994 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) NomineesBlood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally MannSteven CantorAmazonChicks in White SatinElaine HollimanAmazon

1995 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) WinnerA Time for JusticeCharles GuggenheimA short history of civil rights movements in the US.Amazon1995 Academy Awards - Documentary (Short Subject) Nominees89 mm od EuropyMarcel LozinskiAmazonBlues HighwayVince DiPersioAmazonSchool of the Americas AssassinsRobert RichterAmazonStraight from the HeartDee MosbacherAmazon