Oprah Winfrey presented the Best Documentary Oscar to Inside Job at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
“If we are feeling lousy and if the news is bad and people are bad, what do we do?” said Winfrey after walking onto the stage to present the award. “We go to the movies. We escape. But I’m here to present the award to the movie that did not let us escape.”
She presented the trophies for the best documentary of the year to producer Audrey Marrs and director Charles Ferguson, their first Oscar nomination and win.
“Having only made two films, I still feel that Charles and I are newcomers to this community, but from the beginning we’ve been made to feel [extremely] welcome and supported,” said Marrs.
Inside Job explores the causes of the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2010. The 2010 documentary film features extensive interviews with politicians, journalists, academics, and financial insiders.
The Academy Awards, which started at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 27, is considered the most prestigious award of the American movie industry. Honoring movies released in 2010, “Hollywood’s biggest night” introduces the winners in the 24 Oscar categories.
The Oscar presentation, hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, is televised live in more than 200 countries.
“If we are feeling lousy and if the news is bad and people are bad, what do we do?” said Winfrey after walking onto the stage to present the award. “We go to the movies. We escape. But I’m here to present the award to the movie that did not let us escape.”
She presented the trophies for the best documentary of the year to producer Audrey Marrs and director Charles Ferguson, their first Oscar nomination and win.
“Having only made two films, I still feel that Charles and I are newcomers to this community, but from the beginning we’ve been made to feel [extremely] welcome and supported,” said Marrs.
Inside Job explores the causes of the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2010. The 2010 documentary film features extensive interviews with politicians, journalists, academics, and financial insiders.
The Academy Awards, which started at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 27, is considered the most prestigious award of the American movie industry. Honoring movies released in 2010, “Hollywood’s biggest night” introduces the winners in the 24 Oscar categories.
The Oscar presentation, hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, is televised live in more than 200 countries.
