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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a list of the semi-finalists eligible for nomination for the Best Documentary Oscar. The list was narrowed down from 37 to 8, and will later be further narrowed down to 3, or possibly 5. The official nominees will be released February 2nd.

The list of films currently still eligible to be nominated are:

• China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, Downtown Community Television Center, Inc.
• The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, Just Media
• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Community Media Productions
• Lt. Watada, Chanlim Films
• Music by Prudence, iThemba Productions
• Rabbit a la Berlin, MS Films
• Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak, Outside Productions
• Woman Rebel, Women Rebel Films

Source: Variety

Come closer to Oscar time Movie-Thoughts will have more in-depth information on the nominees for all categories.