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Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. Okay, everybody, this week, you and I are connecting the dots between Rotten Tomatoes, Kiefer Sutherland, and the Middle East. I know, I know. How are all of these things connected?
Well, we're going to find out with the co-host of NPR's Code Switch, B.A. Parker, and Dr. Mehta Alhassan, a professor who's also written and produced for Hulu's hit series, Rami. Parker, Mehta, welcome to It's Been a Minute. Hello. Hey. All right. Okay, so here's a question for y'all. Which one of you thinks that you have what it takes to make an Oscar-winning film?
Oh, sure. Listen, I decided when I was watching the Oscars that my lane is going to be short animated film.
I love that. I have a master's in screenwriting. Listen, I have an undergraduate degree in film. Do you see me?
Why don't we make it a movie right now?
Well, that kind of independent filmmaker empowerment was on full display at last weekend's Academy Awards. Many of the top prizes went to indie films, from the Best Picture winner, Onora, to the first ever independent film to win Best Animated Feature, Flow. And finally, the subject of today's show, the winner for Best Documentary Feature.
And the Oscar goes to.
The self-produced documentary.
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