Shaquille O’Neal: Producing ‘Killer Bees’ documentary about high school basketball taught me so much
Shaquille O’Neal is looking to emulate the success of another NBA all-star, Kobe Bryant, who won an Academy Award last year for the animated short “Dear Basketball.” Shaq is one of the producers of the documentary feature “Killer Bees.” The title is misleading for, as per the official synopsis, the film by Ben Cummings and Orson Cummings follows “a championship high school basketball team that provides pride, tradition and hope for an African American community struggling to survive in the middle of one of the wealthiest communities in America.”
When speaking with the basketball great, he quickly disavows signing on as a producer of this acclaimed documentary to win awards. “I’ve never done something based on accolades. When you make the film and people respond to it well and you inspire people with it, you’ve already won.” As he elaborates, “What I look at is: is it going to be informative?...
When speaking with the basketball great, he quickly disavows signing on as a producer of this acclaimed documentary to win awards. “I’ve never done something based on accolades. When you make the film and people respond to it well and you inspire people with it, you’ve already won.” As he elaborates, “What I look at is: is it going to be informative?...
- 11/30/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Last year, the Academy documentary branch had to grapple with a record 170 documentary feature submissions for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. This year, it’s not so bad: only 166 were entered. The short list of 15 will be announced, along with eight others for the first time on a single date this year: December 17.
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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