One hundred twenty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 88th Academy Awards®. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Above and Beyond” “All Things Must Pass” “Amy” “The Armor of Light” “Ballet 422” “Batkid Begins” “Becoming Bulletproof” “Being Evel” “Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery” “Best of Enemies” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” “Bolshoi Babylon” “Brand: A Second Coming” “A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez […]
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers
NAME OF FILM: FINDERS KEEPERS
DIRECTOR(S): Bryan Carberry, J. Clay Tweel
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Colorful characters and surprising plot twists abound in this stranger-than-fiction tale about a small town feud over a severed human leg. On one side of the court case is the amputee himself, John Wood, who wants his own appendage back while trying to regain a foothold on the road to recovery. On the other side is Shannon Whisnant, the local entrepreneur who found the foot in a used grill that he bought at an auction and wants to cash in on the media attention.