Oscar Day

I watched all five documentary short subject nominees in 2 hrs 40 minutes. All have very powerful and important messages. I was deeply moved by a young orange agent victim upbeat attitude to fight for his dream again all the odds in "Chau, beyond the Lines." I was in Saigon and visited the art & craft factories, and saw similar victims. Yet I guess "Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah" will probably win due to the film maker's diligence, matured and unusual approach of capturing the stories in Auschwitz concentration camp, a site I can never forget in my life. You can watch the trailers via this web link. http://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/documentary-short-subject-nominations-2016-oscars — checked in to National Archives Building. Took a break & walked in the Mall on a 65f sunny day! I visited the National Archives many times but looked at the exhibits once many years ago, and good to check it out today. The only reason I can come up for No Photography was that many exhibited items are originals. It is a great day for open ice skating, but I did not have time of my skates with me. — checked in to The Mall. I watched in the national archives Oscar documentary nominee "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom" about how the courteous students and citizens fought three months in 2013 and 2014 in Kiev’s Maidan Square for the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych who allied with Russia. Now Ukraine is part of EU. Freedom worth the price of life. Feel so fortunate to live a true country of freedom. I need to visit Ukraine to meet the people there one day. — checked in to National Archives Building. At the end of the day, I stopped by the Oscars Party at the Angelika to take some fun photos and swag but no patience to watch Oscar in a movie theater. — watching the Oscars at Angelika Film Center - Mosaic.