Eligible Doc Shorts

Because of some crazy rules the Academy has for documentaries, the voters get to decide which films are eligible for nomination and THEN they vote for which ones are to be nominated! So the next time someone complains about how the government voting system is set up, tell them to shut up: It could be much, much worse. Here are the shorts that will be potential nominees:

• “The Conscience of Nhem En”
• “David McCullough: Painting with Words”
• “Downstream”
• “The Final Inch”
• “Smile Pinki”
• “Tongzhi in Love”
• “Viva La Causa”
• “The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306”

As usual I haven't seen any of these films, but the David McCullough film looks very interesting.