Burma VJ makes documentary shortlist for Oscars
Story by Jack Foley
BURMA VJ and The Beaches of Agnes are among the 15 films to have made the shortlist for the best documentary at next year’s Oscars ceremony.
But there was no room for Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story, the year’s highest grossing documentary, or crowd favourites such as The September Issue and Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
In announcing the shortlist, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences said that a total of 89 films had been considered for selection.
The shortlist is comprised of: The Cove; Food, Inc.; Valentino: The Last Emperor; Every Little Step; Facing Ali; Garbage Dreams; Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders; The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers; Mugabe and the White African; Sergio; Soundtrack for a Revolution; Under Our Skin and Which Way Home.
Only five nominees will emerge as the main award front-runners from the shortlist when the Oscar nominations are announced on February 2, 2010. The awards ceremony takes place on March 7.
Read our reviews of Burma VJ and The Beaches of Agnes
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