Banksy documentary is one of ten Oscar nominees screening today and tomorrow at the Paley Center
Paley Center for Media
25 West 52nd St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
February 26-27, free with museum admission of $10
212-621-6600
www.paleycenter.org
Beginning today at 12:05, the Paley Center will be screening all five nominees for Best Documentary, all free with museum admission of $10. First up is Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger’s Restrepo, set in the dangerous Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. At 1:45, Banksy’s marvelous look at the art market, Exit Through the Gift Shop, will be shown, followed by Charles Ferguson’s political stunner, Inside Job, which takes viewers inside the financial crisis. At 5:10, Lucy Walker’s Waste Land follows artist Vik Muniz’s return to his native Brazil to work with a group of catadores who pick through garbage dumps to find and sell recyclable materials. Things conclude at 6:55 with Josh Fox’s Gasland, which deals with the controversy over the drilling movement. Tomorrow, the Paley Center will show all the nominees for Best Short Subject Documentary, beginning with Sara Nesson’s Poster Girl at 12:05 and continuing with Jeff Rothstein’s Killing in the Name at 12:45, Karen Goodman’s Strangers No More at 1:30, Jennifer Redfearn’s Sun Come Up at 2:15, and Ruby Yang’s The Warriors of Quigang at 3:00. After that, you can stick around for the “Oscar Night in America” viewing party ($15, 7:00), with trivia questions, food and drink, special film clips, and more, hosted by Kevin Maher. And be sure to squeeze in a visit to the Steven Spielberg Gallery to check out the exhibit “Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album.”