Feb 20, 2019
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:
Website/Email:
disinfo@fogoftruth.com
Credits:
Artwork by Hilary Campbell
Intro music by Jeremiah Moore
Editing by Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)