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Its omission was one of two big surprises that kept Sony Pictures Classics out of the category altogether, which is unusual for the stalwart importer, which also was shut out of the Best Documentary Feature race.

This year's Oscar documentary feature race is full of films about musicians both tortured and triumphant

Not exact matches

Netflix had one documentary feature in the race last year with Ava DuVernay's «13th,» but it lost to the juggernaut that was «OJ: Made in America.»

You could argue that Ezra Edelman's eight - hour documentary, using the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson to examine race in America, is more a TV miniseries than a feature film.

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The Best Documentary Feature Oscar race is off and running, and the contenders aren't lacking in quality non-fiction filmmaking.

In some ways, particularly in the intersection of the Documentary Feature and Foreign - Language Film races, it feels like déjà vu from last year.

Some Background: Director Marshall Curry is of course known for the success both of his previous documentary features have achieved — 2005's STREET FIGHT won awards at Tribeca, Hot Docs, and Silverdocs before going on to be nominated for both an Oscar and an Emmy, while 2009's RACING DREAMS also won at Tribeca and is being remade as a narrative feature by DreamWorks.

Three documentaries about, or at least partially about, race in America were nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at this year's Oscars.

This year's Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature was a fiercely competitive one.

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[Associated Press] • Handicapping this year's documentary feature Oscar race.

In typical fashion, this year's Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature began at Sundance, with the festival yielding several standouts.

One of the most unpredictable races in years for the Oscar for Documentary Feature has come down to 15 films, narrowed from a record - breaking tally of 170 qualifiers.

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

This feature - length documentary, produced by Point Made Films in partnership with The Calhoun School, attempts to offer a roadmap through the story of 12 teens in New York City who come together for one school year to talk about race and privilege.

It's that design decision by Polyphony that's helped make even the hit / miss Gran Turismo 5 one of my favourite racing games available on consoles (and I hope it's a point mentioned in the upcoming documentary «Kaz» if Polyphony CEO Kazunori Yamuchi was directly or partly responsible for that feature being associated with his legendary gaming series), and I hope it'll also allow me to equally love Forza Motorsport 5 should I ever have enough disposable income going spare in the near future to justify spending almost # 500 collectively on the game and the console it operates on.

Lorna Simpson began her artistic career working as a documentary street photographer, though she soon transitioned to a text - based practice that featured photographs of anonymous women (and occasionally men) paired with extracted phrases that urge the viewer to question that preconceived associations surrounding race and gender.