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Barack Obama lands first Oscar nomination [View all]
Barack Obama is now an Academy Award nominee.
America’s 44th president landed his first-ever Oscar nomination for American Factory, an original documentary distributed by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions in partnership with Netflix.
American Factory chronicles the shuttering of a General Motors factory in Dayton, Ohio and the impact it hand on the local community.
The documentary has been widely praised, with a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 86 out of 100.
On Monday morning, the Academy added to the film’s legacy by naming it one of five finalists for Best Documentary Feature.
At: https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/01/barack-obama-oscar-nomination-american-factory/
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