Yesterday the Academy released the 15 films eligible for the best documentary feature. Now we know that women are more visible in the documentary field and we are happy to see several women included in the long list. Out of the 89 eligible films the list was culled down to 15.
Here are the women:
“The Beaches of Agnes”- Agnes Varda
“Garbage Dreams” – Mai Iskander
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” - Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Mugabe and the White African”- Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey
“Which Way Home” – Rebecca Cammisa
Academy Names 15 to Documentary Shortlist; Moore Snubbed (IndieWIRE)
Agnes Varda! Agnes Varda! Agnes Varda! “The Beaches of Agnes” was an AMAZING movie, and all of you need to put it in your Netflix queue RIGHT NOW. That is all.