DOC NYC gave a boost to 15 Oscar-contending documentaries Tuesday, naming them to its prestigious shortlist of the year’s best nonfiction films.Early favorites Flee, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), The Rescue, Ascension, and Becoming Cousteau made the DOC NYC shortlist, as did Introducing, Selma Blair, the intimate documentary about actress Selma Blair’s battle with MS, and The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes’ film on the influential avant-garde rock band fronted by Lou Reed.DOC NYC has earned a reputation as an accurate predictor of Oscar success.
Last year, the festival gave shortlist recognition to three of the docs that went on to claim Oscar nominations: Time, Collective, and Crip Camp.“For eight of
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