TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
Tuesday, November 20---------Fifteen documentary films have been selected for the "short list" of titles competing in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 80th Academy Awards. The Documentary Branch Screening Committee of the Academy of Television Arts And Sciences have viewed the eligible documentaries and branch members will now select the five 2007 nominees from this short list. Many of the films have been featured at leading film festivals around the world and some already have plans to open in theaters.
The list is a mix of highly political films that include critiques of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (BODY OF WAR, NO END IN SIGHT, OPERATION HOMECOMING, TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE), social issues including religious fundamentalism (FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO), abortion (LAKE OF FIRE), health care reform (SICKO, AUTISM: THE MUSICAL) and the environment (THE PRICE OF SUGAR). History reappraised, a popular topic, is represented by NANKING, A PROMISE TO THE DEAD and THE RAPE OF EUROPA. Nominations will be announced on January 22 and the Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 24.
Documentary Features On Academy Short List
Sandy Mandelberger, Awards Watch Editor
20.11.2007 | AwardsWatch's blog
Cat. : Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Afghanistan Alex Gibney Andrea Nix Fine Awards Watch Bill Guttentag Bill Guttentag Bill Haney Bonni Cohen Charles Ferguson Cinema of the United States Dan Sturman Daniel G. Karslake Documentary film documentary films Ellen Spiro Film Health Health Labor Labor ME SO Michael Moore Nanking Nix Oscar Oscars Peter Raymont Phil Donahue Richard Berge Richard Robbins Sandy Mandelberger Sean Fine Social Issues Social Issues Steven Okazaki THE 80TH ACADEMY AWARDS the Academy Awards Tony Kaye Tricia Regan FILM AWARDS