This Oscar Season Just Got Its Dumbest Controversy Yet

Slate Senior Editor and Writer Sam Adams discusses the controversy surrounding the 2024 Best Documentary Oscar nominees. Adams conveys accounts of concern for the the lack of American-produced films focused on American subjects in the Best Documentary category, which may have also had large awards season campaigns. With films centered on international prominent figures or issues, Adams points to the fact that the documentary branch has been diversified and internationalized, and speaks to the trajectory of the branch as a whole.