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Doc Talk: Oscar short-list shortcomings; doomsday scenarios
By Peter Keough Globe Correspondent,Updated February 11, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
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Mayor Martin J. Walsh at the Greater Boston Food Bank, as seen in Fred Wiseman s documentary City Hall. Courtesy of Zipporah Films Inc.
The competition may be tough, but leaving Fred Wiseman’s “City Hall” out of the best documentary Oscar short list is unforgivable. Sorry, his 2017 honorary award doesn’t cut it.
That aside, the documentary committee acquitted itself decently, which is probably not so great an accomplishment given the bounty to choose from (238 documentaries qualified for Oscar consideration this year, breaking the previous record of 170). Those that made the cut and received nominations are: “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Crip Camp,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “Gunda,” “MLK/FBI,â� ....

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