Best Documentary Oscar Nominees 2019
Free Solo
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(3.5 Stars) Winner of the Documentary Oscar, it tells a riveting tale of Hannock’s climb of El Capitan. It is an awesome story, but I’m not sure how much movie skill was involved here.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
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(4 Stars) My favorite of this year’s documentaries, this is a decade-long study of rural black culture in Mississippi told in a very different movie style similar to Cubism.
Minding The Gap
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(3.5 Stars) Documentary of young skateboarders growing up in a decaying industrial town. Much admired by both audiences and critics.
Of Fathers And Sons
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(2.5 Stars) A morally disturbing film about how terrorism is passed down generations, but it doesn’t help explain how it started.
RBG
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(2 Stars) Interesting, and fairly standard documentary, but a bit overly sympathetic to the subject. Everyone has a few flaws.