Super-strong slate of documentaries to vie for Oscars
The Academy Awards' documentary feature nomination short-list was announced last week, and the fifteen titles are proof positive that 2010 has been a watershed year for non-fiction filmmaking.
The short-list for the 2011 Academy Award contenders in the documentary feature category were announced last week – fifteen titles, vying for five spots -- and the list serves as a reminder (not that any was needed) of what a strong year this has been in non-fiction films. It's too bad that Marwencol, Jeff Malmberg's brilliant portrait of a guy you could call an "outsider artist," didn't make the cut – but don't let that stop you from seeing it (playing now at the Ritz Bourse). Also too bad for A Film Unfinished, Yael Hersonski's absolutely chilling second-look at a Nazi propaganda film shot inside the Warsaw Ghetto.