{"id":14450,"date":"2012-02-20T00:59:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T00:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14450"},"modified":"2012-02-20T00:59:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T00:59:09","slug":"84th-academy-awards-documentary-short-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/02\/20\/84th-academy-awards-documentary-short-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"84th Academy Awards: Documentary (Short Subject)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Oscars2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14444\" title=\"84th Academy Awards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Oscars2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOMINEES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement<\/strong> &#8211; Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin<\/li>\n<li><strong>God Is the Bigger Elvis<\/strong> &#8211; Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incident in New Baghdad<\/strong> &#8211; James Spione<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saving Face<\/strong> &#8211; Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom<\/strong> &#8211; Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/barberofbirmingham.com\/\">THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The story of James Armstrong as he prepares in 2008 for the election of\u00a0America\u2019s first black President and reflects on his own contribution to the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18641752\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Raising questions about democracy and prejudice, it charts the long struggle for racial harmony<\/p>\n<p>Find out more at the official site: <a href=\"http:\/\/barberofbirmingham.com\/\">www.barberofbirmingham.com<\/a>\u00a0and see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/programs\/Tavis-Smiley-9\/episodes\/Filmmaker-Robin-Fryday-36225\">Robin Fryday interviewed on the Tavis Smiley Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2210633\/\">GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The story of Dolores Hart, who gave up her career as an actress in Elvis Presley movies to become a Benedictine nun.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2210633\/\">IMDb link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.incidentinnewbaghdad.com\/\">INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An exploration of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0\">the notorious deaths<\/a> in 2007\u00a0of two Reuters journalists and several civilians at the hands of U.S. attack helicopters on the streets of Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lOh_dfQChF0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recounted by US soldier Ethan McCord &#8211; one of the first troops on the scene &#8211; it has already won awards at the Tribeca and Rhode Island Film Festivals.<\/p>\n<p>The official site is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.incidentinnewbaghdad.com\/\">www.incidentinnewbaghdad.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAVING FACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Documentary which explores\u00a0a Pakistani plastic surgeon who returns to his homeland to operate on victims (all women) of acid violence, a grisly and disturbing\u00a0phenomenon in the country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWrk-brFCrY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It focuses on two survivors of acid attacks and their battle for justice and their journey of healing. Directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy.<\/p>\n<p>The official site is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungefilm.com\/films\/saving-face\">www.jungefilm.com\/films\/saving-face<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director Lucy Walker explores how survivors of Japan&#8217;s recent tsunami rebuild their lives just as cherry blossom season begins.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RNMRl_VJ3OQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Official site is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetsunamiandthecherryblossom.com\">www.thetsunamiandthecherryblossom.com<\/a>\u00a0and connect with the film on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TsunamiBlossom\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TsunamiBlossom\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/\">Official Oscar site<\/a><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_(Short_Subject)\">Explore previous winners and nominees of Best Documentary Short<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominees include The Barber of Birmingham, God Is the Bigger Elvis, Incident in New Baghdad, Saving Face and The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}