The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 10 films as contenders for the documentary short subject category for the 90th Academy Awards.
The 10 titles were chosen by voters from the Academy’s documentary branch, who viewed this year’s 77 eligible entries and submitted ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation. Members of the branch will vote again to select five of the 10 films to be announced as nominees on Jan. 23.
Among the 10 is Ram Dass, Going Home, directed by Derek Peck and executive produced by Lucy Walker.
Ram Dass
Ram Dass, Going Home finds spiritual teacher and 60s icon, Ram Dass, at his home on Maui, twenty years after suffering a life-altering stroke. Psychedelic pioneer, author, and outspoken advocate for death-and-dying awareness, Ram Dass is now himself approaching the end of life. This is a meditation on life and death which begins with his exhortation to make friends with change; change with age,...
The 10 titles were chosen by voters from the Academy’s documentary branch, who viewed this year’s 77 eligible entries and submitted ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation. Members of the branch will vote again to select five of the 10 films to be announced as nominees on Jan. 23.
Among the 10 is Ram Dass, Going Home, directed by Derek Peck and executive produced by Lucy Walker.
Ram Dass
Ram Dass, Going Home finds spiritual teacher and 60s icon, Ram Dass, at his home on Maui, twenty years after suffering a life-altering stroke. Psychedelic pioneer, author, and outspoken advocate for death-and-dying awareness, Ram Dass is now himself approaching the end of life. This is a meditation on life and death which begins with his exhortation to make friends with change; change with age,...
- 12/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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