'' Close Harmony '' is a 1981 American short documentary film directed by Nigel Noble , which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary ( Short Subject ) at the 54th Academy Awards . The film chronicles a how a children 's choir of 4th - and 5th-graders at the Brooklyn Friends School and elderly retirees at a Brooklyn Jewish seniors ' center combine to give an annual joint concert
54th Academy Awards
54th Academy Awards
Close Harmony (1981 film)