Sing! (2001 film)

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Sing!
Directed by Freida Lee Mock
Produced byFreida Lee Mock
Jessica Sanders
Starring Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Production
companies
Distributed byKCET [1]
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
36 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sing! is a 2001 American short documentary film about the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, directed by Freida Lee Mock. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. [2]

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Awards and nominations

Incomplete list of awards for Sing!
YearAwardCategoryResult
2001 74th Academy Awards Best Documentary Short Subject Nominated

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References

  1. https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/meet-academy-awards-nominees-2002
  2. "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS. Retrieved November 19, 2011.