First Edition (film)
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First Edition is a 1977
short documentary film
directed by Helen Whitney
. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
.
1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
short documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Helen Whitney
Helen Whitney
Helen Whitney is an award-winning producer for the American Broadcasting Company.She produced a documentary called American Inquisition, which became the subject of a very famous case about First Amendment rights...
. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
.