SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival commemorates the legacy of four-time Academy Award-winner and Washington-area filmmaker Charles Guggenheim at the Charles Guggenheim Symposium at 7:00 p.m at the AFI Silver Theatre. This year, the Symposium celebrates the legendary Martin Scorsese, one of America's most distinguished filmmakers and a master of the documentary form. The evening will include selections from Scorsese's documentary oeuvre such as MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: THE BLUES; ITALIANAMERICAN; NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN; and IL MIO VIAGGIO IN ITALIA, and an onstage dialogue between Martin Scorsese and independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch.

An outdoor screening of THE LAST WALTZ, Scorsese’s landmark music documentary on ‘The Band,’ which brilliantly captures the group’s final performance after sixteen years on the road together, will follow the dialogue. The film features a Who's Who of '70s musical legends: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and more. A Walk of Fame Star for Martin Scorsese inlaid in the sidewalk in front of the theatre will be unveiled during the red carpet walk. Stars will eventually be laid for all former AFI Life Achievement recipients. Scorsese received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997.

WHAT: Guggenheim Symposium

WHO: Martin Scorsese, Director
Jim Jarmusch, Director
Jean Picker Firstenberg, CEO American Film Institute Judith McHale, President & CEO, Discovery Communications Donald A. Baer, Senior Executive VP, Discovery Communications Patricia Finneran, Festival Director, SILVERDOCS

WHEN: Thursday, June 15, 2005
6:15 p.m. Red Carpet/AFI Walk of Fame Star unveiled
7:30 p.m. Film
8:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
9:00 p.m. Gala Reception at Discovery
9:00 p.m. Outdoor screening THE LAST WALTZ

WHERE: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD