The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to place restrictions on documentaries up for the award. Any documentary must be reviewed in the New York Times or Los Angeles Times in order to be considered for the award.
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This will probably hurt so many independent and low budget documentaries. Also, it sounds like a media lobby to enforce the relevance of the LA Times and the New York Times. But then again, the Academy is also struggling for relevance in a world where “word of mouth” is a lot more meaningful than a mainstream endorsement.
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