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Final Oscar Predictions: Documentary Short – ‘ABCs of Book Banning’ Tackles Florida’s Assault on LGBTQ and Racial Stories, and It Just Might Win


2024 Oscars Documentary Short Predictions include The ABCs of Book Banning," "Camp Courage," "Deciding Vote," "Last Repair Shop" & “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó.”

Weekly Commentary (Updated Jan. 22, 2024): Predicting the Oscars’ shorts categories can be tricky.Three films seem to be standouts in the race so far and are expected to be nominated this year for Academy Awards: “The ABCs of Book Banning,” “Deciding Vote” and “The Last Repair Shop.” Telling the story of four people whose instrument repair shop guarantees no young student is robbed of the ability to play music comes from the duo behind the Oscar-nominated “A Concerto is a Conversation.” Proudfoot won his statuette with the short “The Queen of Basketball” (2021). “The ABCs of Book Banning” “The Barber of Little Rock” “Bear” “Between Earth & Sky” “Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games” “Camp Courage” “Deciding Vote” “How We Get Free” “If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis” “Island in Between” “The Last Repair Shop” “Last Song from Kabul” “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” “Oasis” “Wings of Dust”

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