Show Notes

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.

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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)

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Film Featured in Interview Portion:

THE SILENCE OF OTHERS (2018) / USA / Canada / France / Spain (Directors/Producers: Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar)

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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)

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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)

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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

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Film Review Links written by Christopher Llewellyn Reed:

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Website/Email:

www.fogoftruth.com

disinfo@fogoftruth.com

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Credits:

Artwork by Hilary Campbell

Intro music by Jeremiah Moore

Editing by Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)