"Unrest" Makes Short List of top 15 films in Oscar Documentary Category

[Sushi]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards®. One hundred seventy films were originally submitted in the category....

“Unrest,” Shella Films and Little by Little Films!

 

[PinkPanda]

Wow, that is amazing
Much love to @JenB for her incredible work!

 

[Hajnalka]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/938930714409447424

 

[E.man]

Waiting for the DVD to see it.
I cry just watching the trailer.
So many years suffering alone.

 

[justy]

Such great news!

 

[Mary]

This is hard to believe - I didn't dare hope it would make it!

 

[Sushi]

I believe that it will be shown on US public television sometime soon. Does anyone remember the details and dates?

 

[Mary]

Just realized it has another hurdle to clear - the academy will choose 5 films to be nominated, from the short list of 15 - I misunderstood, though it is still fabulous news!

 

[Sushi]

I believe that it will be shown on US public television sometime soon. Does anyone remember the details and dates?

Just got an email:

This starts with mobilizing our communities around the January 8th PBS broadcast and using the film as a tool for major, global mobilization on May 12th.

 

[Hajnalka]

I believe that it will be shown on US public television sometime soon. Does anyone remember the details and dates?

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/unrest/

 

[Sushi]

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/unrest/

Thanks!

 

[Seven7]

Oh why why
BY JENNIFER BREA | IN DISEASE & MENTAL HEALTH
Why not mention of ME in tittle wth! But mental health is so not the main point of this documentary

 

[Hajnalka]

But mental health is so not the main point of this documentary

The category is called disease and mental health. There is no other category for diseases on PBS, as far as I can tell.

 

[Hajnalka]

In the Time for Unrest Facebook group people asked Jen if it's possible to support Unrest in the "Oscar race". Here is a summary of the ideas. Everything can be done from bed.

1. Rate Unrest on IMDb (important): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3268850/
2. Rate/write reviews on iTunes, Amazon and other platforms
3. Comment on awards coverage. To help people reading this coverage see that there is a passionate audience for this film, a movement behind it and big themes/issues (e.g. disability rights, health care, 17 million invisible, marginalized people worldwide etc.)

 

[Hajnalka]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/940278165867335680

(OT, but while I was at it, I also rated
Forgotten Plague: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4223204/?ref_=nv_sr_1 and
Voices from the Shadows: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1955051/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1, easy way to support three ME movies in one go )