Laemmle Screening Oscar-Nominated Documentaries

Laemmle Theaters is currently screening all five Oscar-nominated feature-length documentaries. Four of them are being presented on Saturday and Sunday mornings at the Monica 4-Plex in Santa Monica, while “Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt” continues its long-running Sunday 11 a.m. engagement at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills.

Jeffrey Friedman and Robert Epstein’s “Common Threads” is composed of interviews with five people who have lost loved ones to AIDS and who have sought a measure of consolation in participating in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Al Reinert’s “For All Mankind,” which has had a regular local run, attempts to convey what it is like to travel to the moon through footage culled from archival materials and from the reminiscences of astronauts heard on the sound track. “For All Mankind” screens at 10:30 a.m.

Richard Kilberg’s “Adam Clayton Powell,” a study of the life and times of the late, controversial political and religious leader, screens at 10:15 a.m. along with Bill Guttentag and Vince Di Persio’s “Crack USA: County Under Siege,” which surveys the crack epidemic in Palm Beach County, Fla.

Bill Jersey and Judith Leonard’s “Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren” is a portrait of the former California governor who became an unexpected activist as the Chief Justice of the United States, to which he was appointed by President Eisenhower. “Super Chief” screens at 11 a.m.