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Michael Moore champions Oscar documentary makers
(Reuters) - Director Michael Moore championed non-fiction filmmakers on Wednesday night at a pre-Oscar event honoring nominees for best documentaries, attributing a growing appetite for the art form to a public starved for the truth.
The often controversial director, who won an Oscar for gun control movie "Bowling for Columbine" and scored the highest-grossing documentary of all-time with anti-war film "Fahrenheit 9/11," was hosting a symposium at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences featuring nominees for best documentary features and short subjects.
"We've been living in a time where people have been lied to a lot," Moore told Reuters. "People are tired of it and they want the truth, and documentaries represent the truth."
Throughout his career Moore has been criticized by some for being too one-sided in films that range from 1989's "Roger & Me" about laid off auto workers to 2007's healthcare analysis "Sicko" and two years later, "Capitalism: A Love Story." ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-oscars-documentaries-idUSTRE81M1GY20120223