Educating Peter

Name: Educating Peter
Director: Gerardine Wurzburg
Released: 1992-01-01

1992 film

Filmshort filmQ1291260

Released: 1992
Director: Gerardine Wurzburg
Runtime: 30 min
Genre: documentary film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Production company: Direct Cinema Limited
Distributor: HBO

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Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia. It won an Oscar at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993 for Documentary Short Subject.

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Nominations: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)(February 17, 1993) nominee: Thomas C. Goodwin, Gerardine Wurzburg · statement is subject of: 65th Academy Awards
Title: Educating Peter
Color: color
Director of photography: Gary Griffin

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