It’s happening.The expected Oscar showdown between Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) and Flee became a reality today with the announcement of the nominees for Best Documentary Feature.
Between them, Summer of Soul and Flee have claimed most of the pre-Oscar documentary awards and at Sundance last year they each won Grand Jury prizes – Flee in the international doc category and Summer of Soul for U.S.
documentary.Flee scored an unprecedented trifecta today – claiming nominations not only for documentary feature, but for Best Animated Film and Best International Film as well.In the documentary feature race, Flee and Summer of Soul are joined by Ascension – earning the first Academy Award nomination in that category for MTV Documentary Films; Attica – which handed Showtime its first Oscar nod for documentary feature, and Writing With Fire, the first documentary feature from India to earn an Oscar nomination.
Four of the five nominated films were directed by people of color.Summer of Soul director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson said fellow West Philadelphia native Will Smith — who earned a nomination today for his performance in King Richard – encouraged him to catch the Oscar nomination announcement live.“He has been the voice of calmness for me,” Questlove told Deadline. “He’s the one that convinced me to get up at 4:30 this morning, just meditate and sit silently.
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