Oscars: Documentary Field Is Strong With No Sure Bets

Shalini Dore
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:00:13 +0000
Awards, Amy, Cartel Land, Oscars 2016, The Look of Silence, What Happened Miss Simone, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

While it’s been a strong and crowded year for documentaries, the nonfiction Oscar race is just as unpredictable as this year’s narrative awards race. The consistently unpredictable Academy docu branch narrowed down 124 eligible features to a remarkably strong shortlist of 15 back in December. That batch was whittled down to five nominees — “Amy,” …