Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
2001 film by Lianne Klapper McNally / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Artists and Orphans: A True Drama (known in Russian as Артисты и сироты: Настоящая драма) is a 2001 American documentary film documenting a group of American artists traveling to the Republic of Georgia for an art festival, and their subsequent effort to provide humanitarian aid to a group of local orphans. Directed and written by Lianne Klapper McNally,[2] upon its debut in 2001, the Daily Nexus described it as "heart-wrenching and eventually heart-warming,"[3] as well as "short, gritty and brilliantly scored."[3] The film won Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival,[4] and it was nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 74th Academy Awards.[5] Artists and Orphans had won multiple film festival awards by 2002,[6] debuting on television several months later through WE tv.[7]
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Directed by | Lianne Klapper McNally |
Starring | Sharon Gans |
Narrated by | Rosie O'Donnell |
Edited by | Ellen Goldwasser, Jonathan Kohen |
Music by | Peter Fish |
Production company | Not By Chance Productions Inc. |
Distributed by | CS Associates[1] |
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Running time | 40 minutes |
Countries | United States Georgia |
Language | English |