50 min
2020 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts / For Sama Fog of Truth
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- TV & Film
Well, the 2020 Academy Awards may have come and gone, but that’s no reason to stop watching the nominated films, even the ones that did not win. In this week’s episode, returning guest host Patricia Aufderheide joins Bart and Chris to discuss all 5 of the Oscar-nominated short documentaries, after which Chris interviews co-directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts (along with al-Kateab’s husband, Hamza) about their collaboration on the (also Oscar-nominated) documentary feature For Sama.
Group Review Short Documentaries:
IN THE ABSENCE (Yi Seung-Jun, South Korea, 28 min.)
Available in select theaters or at www.fieldofvision.org
*LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) (Carol Dysinger, UK, 39 min.)
Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/
*This year’s Oscar winner
LIFE OVERTAKES ME (John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson, Sweden/USA, 39 min.)
Available in select theaters or on Netflix
LOUIS SUPERMAN (Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan, USA, 28 min.)
Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/
WALK RUN CHA-CHA (Laura Nix, USA, 21 min.)
Available in select theaters or at www.nytimes.com/video/op-docs
Film Featured in Interview Portion:
FOR SAMA (Waad al-Kateab/Edward Watts, 2019)
Still playing in select theaters and on PBS
Other Films/Shows Mentioned:
BoJack Horseman (Raphael Bob-Waksberg, 2014-2020 Netflix series) Cheer (Greg Whiteley, 2020 Netflix series) Collective (Alexander Nanau, 2019) The Kingmaker (Lauren Greenfield, 2019) Les Misérables (Ladj Ly, 2019) Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (Doug Shultz, 2020 Netflix series) Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul (Orlando von Einsiedel, 2011) A Thousand Cuts (Ramona Diaz, 2020)
Links to reviews by Christopher Llewellyn Reed:
Hammer to Nail reviews of all 2020 Oscar-nominated short films Film Festival Today review of For Sama Film Festival Today interview with Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of For Sama
Timestamps:
00:37 – Intro 03:27 – Group discussion of the Oscar-nominated documentary shorts 25:55 – Chris interviews Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of FOR SAMA 41:07 – Doc Talk
Website/Email:
www.fogoftruth.com
disinfo@fogoftruth.com
Credits:
Artwork by Hilary Campbell
Intro music by Jeremiah Moore
Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)
Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Well, the 2020 Academy Awards may have come and gone, but that’s no reason to stop watching the nominated films, even the ones that did not win. In this week’s episode, returning guest host Patricia Aufderheide joins Bart and Chris to discuss all 5 of the Oscar-nominated short documentaries, after which Chris interviews co-directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts (along with al-Kateab’s husband, Hamza) about their collaboration on the (also Oscar-nominated) documentary feature For Sama.
Group Review Short Documentaries:
IN THE ABSENCE (Yi Seung-Jun, South Korea, 28 min.)
Available in select theaters or at www.fieldofvision.org
*LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) (Carol Dysinger, UK, 39 min.)
Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/
*This year’s Oscar winner
LIFE OVERTAKES ME (John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson, Sweden/USA, 39 min.)
Available in select theaters or on Netflix
LOUIS SUPERMAN (Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan, USA, 28 min.)
Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/
WALK RUN CHA-CHA (Laura Nix, USA, 21 min.)
Available in select theaters or at www.nytimes.com/video/op-docs
Film Featured in Interview Portion:
FOR SAMA (Waad al-Kateab/Edward Watts, 2019)
Still playing in select theaters and on PBS
Other Films/Shows Mentioned:
BoJack Horseman (Raphael Bob-Waksberg, 2014-2020 Netflix series) Cheer (Greg Whiteley, 2020 Netflix series) Collective (Alexander Nanau, 2019) The Kingmaker (Lauren Greenfield, 2019) Les Misérables (Ladj Ly, 2019) Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (Doug Shultz, 2020 Netflix series) Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul (Orlando von Einsiedel, 2011) A Thousand Cuts (Ramona Diaz, 2020)
Links to reviews by Christopher Llewellyn Reed:
Hammer to Nail reviews of all 2020 Oscar-nominated short films Film Festival Today review of For Sama Film Festival Today interview with Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of For Sama
Timestamps:
00:37 – Intro 03:27 – Group discussion of the Oscar-nominated documentary shorts 25:55 – Chris interviews Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of FOR SAMA 41:07 – Doc Talk
Website/Email:
www.fogoftruth.com
disinfo@fogoftruth.com
Credits:
Artwork by Hilary Campbell
Intro music by Jeremiah Moore
Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)
Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed
50 min