Close Harmony (1981 film)

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Close Harmony
Directed by Nigel Noble
Produced byNigel Noble
CinematographySteve Gerbson
Tom Houghton
Edited byEmma Joan Morris
Distributed by Learning Company of America
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Close Harmony is a 1981 American short documentary film directed by Nigel Noble. The film chronicles how a children's choir of 4th- and 5th-graders at the Brooklyn Friends School and elderly retirees at a Brooklyn Jewish seniors' center combine to give an annual joint concert. [1]

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Reception

Writing in The New York Times , John J. O'Connor called Close Harmony "the kind of production that whizzes by dazzlingly, leaving the audience drenched in smiles and tears and hoping for just a bit more". [2]

Awards

Close Harmony won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 54th Academy Awards. After airing on PBS, Close Harmony was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Awards for Outstanding Informational Cultural or Historical Programming at the 3rd News & Documentary Emmy Awards. [3]

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References

  1. "New York Times: Close Harmony". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  2. O'Connor, John J. (November 9, 1981). "TV: EDITH WHARTON'S 'SUMMER'". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  3. "Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). April 12, 1982. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2022.