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Two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple discusses her Iranian Hostage Crisis doc Desert One, interviewing President Jimmy Carter, Argo, and a career in documentary.
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No documentary has every been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Could that change in 2020 as docs provide the windows into the world that we're all craving right now?
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