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2018 Oscars Challenge: [14] “Strong Island” – Best Documentary Feature

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“STRONG ISLAND” Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes Director: Yance Ford Producers: Yance Ford & Joslyn Barnes Cinematography: Alan Jacobsen Editor: Janus Billeskov Jansen Composers: Hildur Guðnadóttir and Craig Sutherland Distributors: Netflix Release Date: September 15, 2017 Run-time: 107 minutes FILM SYNOPSIS: In 1992, William Ford, Jr., a 24-year-old African-American man preparing to become a corrections officer, was shot and killed by a white mechanic during … Read More 2018 Oscars Challenge: [14] “Strong Island” – Best Documentary Feature

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Oscars Watch: 11th Annual Cinema Eye Awards

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Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking “Strong Island” Directed by Yance Ford Produced by Joslyn Barnes and Yance Ford Outstanding Achievement in Direction Yance Ford – “Strong Island” Outstanding Achievement in Editing  “Quest” – Lindsay Utz Outstanding Achievement in Production “Last Men in Aleppo” – Kareem Abeed, Stefan Kloos, and Søren Steen Jespersen Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography “Chasing Coral” – Andrew Ackerman and Jeff Orlowski … Read More Oscars Watch: 11th Annual Cinema Eye Awards

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Oscars Shortlist: 15 Documentary Features Shortlisted for 90th Academy Awards

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Nothing out of the ordinary here, with plenty of different topics to choose from. Only one real music documentary in “Long Strange Trip,” so that might end up breaking through just because of the difference in subject matter and seeing as the music docs have been known to win it all, i.e. “Searching For Sugar Man” and “20 Feet From Stardom.” There’s some particularly … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 15 Documentary Features Shortlisted for 90th Academy Awards

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Oscars Watch: 27th IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards

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“Get Out” and “Call Me By Your Name” were the big winners at the 27th Gotham Independent Film Awards, with 3 wins and 2 wins respectively. Although this is not a huge indicator for the Oscars, the upcoming Critics Awards will begin to point the direction and “Get Out” and “Call Me By Your Name” could easily end up on any of those lists. … Read More Oscars Watch: 27th IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards

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For Your Consideration 2017: Netflix Original Films

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OKJA || For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja—a massive animal and an even bigger friend—at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when a family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) … Read More For Your Consideration 2017: Netflix Original Films

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