Documentary Drama at the Oscars

With most of the feature film and acting Oscar categories seemingly sewn up, the documentaries are one area where there is still some drama.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/movies/awardsseason/03bagger.html?_r=1

In 2007, when the journalists Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington set out to make a documentary following a military unit in Afghanistan, they had no awards aspirations.

“Don’t get hurt, don’t get killed doing this — that was our first order of business,” Mr. Junger said