One hundred fifty-nine features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
XY Chelsea (2019)
NAME OF FILM: XY CHELSEA
DIRECTOR(S): Tim Travers Hawkins
STARRING: Chelsea Manning, Nancy Hollander, Vincent J. Ward
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Chelsea Manning, the former soldier who in 2010 uploaded thousands of documents to WikiLeaks, disclosing to the world that war crime atrocities were occurring in Iraq. The film picks up Manning’s story just as she’s been pardoned by President Obama, having served seven of her thirty-five year prison sentence. Considering her roles as whistleblower, trans woman, and activist, the film follows her for two years, unravelling her complicated and sometimes harrowing history and wondering what’s next in her uncertain future.
