Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature)
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Sep 21, 2026
Adam Tex DavisHOST
I was hoping.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
So for best documentary feature, the winner is a movie called Hearts and Minds by Peter Davis and Bert Schneider.
Bruce VilanchHOST
Yeah.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
And it's a, you know, anti-Vietnam War film.
Jake BrennanHOST
At least the Chris that Will hated at this moment.
Jake BrennanHOST
Chris Rock was presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Jake BrennanHOST
Everyone in the room knew that the award belonged to Summer of Soul, Questlove's beloved look back at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, but for Will...
Jake BrennanHOST
This moment had nothing to do with a movie or an award.
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Gaza's health ministry says Israeli forces have killed more than 73,000 Palestinians in the past three years, a number Israel has denied.
Matt TaylorHOST
So Abraham and Zohr, the two directors of this film, who are both Israeli themselves, they previously co-directed a film called No Other Land, which won the 2024 Oscar for Best Documentary.
Matt TaylorHOST
These are not obscure filmmakers.
Matt TaylorHOST
And this new film, Naza, is a British production.
David DworkinHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Bryan GreeneGUEST
And then, of course, we were floored when it won the Sundance Audience Award and then later the Oscar for Best Documentary.
Bryan GreeneGUEST
So it's worthwhile pursuing your nerdy pursuits.
Bryan GreeneGUEST
And I will note that it's Rotten
Elettra ScrivoCORRESPONDENT
It's treatment Abraham is used to.
Elettra ScrivoCORRESPONDENT
Zohar described his previous documentary, No Other Land, which he co-directed with Palestinian journalist Basel Adra and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary as an act of sabotage.
Elettra ScrivoCORRESPONDENT
Hebrew-language social media joined in.
Elettra ScrivoCORRESPONDENT
One far-right activist with tens of thousands of followers made explicit threats.
MattHOST
in.
ChristianHOST
All right, next category is documentary feature.
ChristianHOST
Oh, that is quite the image.
ChristianHOST
They have Variety's picks right now.
MattHOST
So we're just like banking on the Elon Musk one?
ManiHOST
Yes, because they're going to shit on him the entire time and everybody's going to be really happy, including us.
ManiHOST
And then it'll win Best Documentary Feature.
ManiHOST
Yeah, I'm totally
Larry ElderHOST
The New York Times did a review of this new documentary by these two Israeli filmmakers.
Larry ElderHOST
The one that got the Academy Award for Best Documentary for the documentary that said that the settlements in Israel were illegal and the Israelis shouldn't be doing them and these poor Palestinians are being oppressed.
Larry ElderHOST
Oppressed.
Larry ElderHOST
They have a new documentary called Naza, N-A-Z-A, that purports to show that the IDF was intentionally targeting civilians in Gaza.
Larry ElderHOST
By the way, did anybody ask Hakeem Jeffries how close he thought Iran was to getting a nuclear weapon? Does he believe that Iran was even closer than in 2015 when Obama did the Obama deal? And if so, what would you do about it? What should you do about it? Aggressive diplomacy.
Larry ElderHOST
The New York Times did a review of this new documentary by these two Israeli filmmakers, the one that got the Academy Award for Best Documentary for the documentary that said that the settlements in Israel were illegal and the Israelis shouldn't be doing them and these poor Palestinians are being oppressed.
Larry ElderHOST
They have a new documentary called Naza, N-A-Z-A, that purports to show that the IDF was intentionally targeting civilians in Gaza.
Larry ElderHOST
Not too surprisingly, Israel not happy.
A.J. SchnackHOST
It used to be that you could go through the Oscar race.
A.J. SchnackHOST
Kind of the most recent big example was Free Solo won for Best Documentary Feature and then swept the Emmys.
A.J. SchnackHOST
I think they won like... six Emmys.
A.J. SchnackHOST
The next year, American Factory, I think, won both the Oscar and also won an Emmy or two.
Drew McKinneyHOST
This is a good question.
Grant CrenshawHOST
Can it be nominated for Best Documentary Feature? I don't know.
Grant CrenshawHOST
If it has acting reenactment stuff in it, I have no idea.
Drew McKinneyHOST
Right.
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