The Best Documentary category is an important part of Oscar night, celebrating films that dig into hot topics or study important figures.
Like most years, the 2022 docs up for an award this season includes films from across the world covering a wide array of topics. Unfortunately, this year’s lineup tended to be a bit weaker than those in past seasons.
There are still some that are recommendable, though. Find out my thoughts below.
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The 94th Academy Awards ceremony is right around the corner and five movies from across the planet are up for top prize Sunday night.
As award season is wrapping up, I caught all of this year’s nominees for Best Documentary Feature and had some thoughts about each one. Of all the nominees, I enjoyed “Summer of Soul” the most, but there are certainly others I’d recommend, too.
The Academy Awards sometimes gets a bad rap for being a night where Hollywood “pats itself on the back.”
While that does happen, though, the Oscars do play another important role. It shines a spotlight on films that can sometimes go under the radar. This is especially true for documentaries, which are often not found at major movie theaters that people go to on a Friday night.
One of the nice things about the Academy Awards is it shines a spotlight on movies some people haven’t seen.
More often than not, documentaries end up in that category, as they usually lack theatrical releases. As usual, five docs were nominated for the gold statue and I managed to see all of them. Here’s my takeaway.
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