Truth may be stranger than fiction, but stranger still are the Academy’s annual choices for Best Documentary. How can anyone explain OscarsĀ® failure to even recognize films such as GRIZZLY MAN and HOOP DREAMS
? How can AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
score the top honor despite being no more than a Keynote (not Power Point)* presentation? This year’s nominated quintet features several deserving titles, but will the worthiest win? Here’s my breakdown of which doc should be rewarded in order to normalize the non-fiction category…
* Thank you, Dave Elvin, for clarifying Al Gore‘s stupefying presentational technology.