MOVIES - Oct. 26, 1992

Distinguished Docs: The International Documentary Assn. ended its first annual congress last week by presenting its career achievement award to Walter Cronkite and its preservation and scholarship award to Robert Rosen of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Friday, distinguished documentary prizes went to David Hickman and Errol Morris for “A Brief History of Time”; David Van Taylor for “Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest”; George Zaloom, Les Mayfield and Fax Bahr for “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse”; Rea Tajiri for “History and Memory: for Akiko and Takashige”; and William Miles and Nina Rosenblum for “Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II.”