2019 Academy Nominated Documentary Short Films

This week we talk Oscars with a brief discussion of the documentary feature nominees and a more intensive review of each nominated short as well as kvetching generally about the complicated relationship between documentary films and Oscar. Also, we interview Robert Bahar, co-director of The Silence of Others.   Oscar Shorts Reviewed: Black Sheep / 2018 (Director: Ed Perkins) End Game / 2018 (Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman) Lifeboat / 2018 (Director: Skye Fitzgerald) A Night at the Garden / 2017 (Director: Marshall Curry) Period. End of Sentence / 2018 (Director: Rayka Zehtabchi)   Film Featured in Interview Portion: THE SILENCE OF OTHERS (2018) / USA / Canada / France / Spain (Directors/Producers: Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar)   Oscar Feature Nominations Mentioned: Free Solo / 2018 (Directors: Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Hale County This Morning, This Evening / 2018 (Director: RaMell Ross) Minding the Gap / 2018 (Director: Bing Liu) Of Fathers and Sons / 2018 (Director: Talal Derki RBG / 2018 (Directors: Julie Cohen & Betsy West)   Other Documentaries Discussed: 20 Feet From Stardom / 2013 (Director: Morgan Neville) 306 Hollywood / 2018 (Directors: Elan Bogarin & Jonathan Bogarin) Act of Killing / 2012 (Director: Joshua Oppenheimer) Behind the Bullet / 2019 (Director: Heidi Yewman) Fahrenheit 9/11 / 2004 (Director: Michael Moore) Hoop Dreams / 1994 (Director: Steve James) The Island / 2017 (Director: Adam Weingrod) Kedi / 2016 (Director: Ceyda Torun) Made in L.A. / 2007 (Director: Almudena Carracedo) My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes / 2018 (Director: Charlie Tyrell) Nutria / 2003 (Director: Ted Gesing) Paris is Burning / 1991 (Director: Jennie Livingston) Rat Film / 2018 (Director: Theo Anthony) Rodents of Unusual Size / 2018 (Directors: Chris Metzler, Quinn Costello, Jeff Springer) The Thin Blue Line / 1988 (Director: Errol Morris) Three Identical Strangers / 2018 (Director: Tim Wardle) White Helmets / 2016 (Director: Orlando von Einsiedel) Won’t You be My Neighbor?  / 2018 (Director: Morgan Neville)   Timestamps: 00:45 - Intro discussion of history of Academy Awards and Docs and this years nominated features 16:35 - Review of nominated Documentary Shorts 38:30 - Interview with Robert Bahar, co-director of The Silence of Others 51:45 - Doc Talk   Film Review Links written by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Film Festival Today Review of Rodents of Unusual Size Hammer to Nail Review of Silence of Others Hammer to Nail Review of Oscar Doc Shorts Nominees   Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com [email protected]   Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Editing by Christopher Llewellyn Reed Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)