HOLLYWOOD’S DOCUMENTARY OSCARS HAVE BEEN HIJACKED. As the Sundance Film Festival concludes its final chapter in Park City, a DISTURBING truth is exposed: the festival doesn’t just showcase documentaries—it exclusively CULTS and CURATES the entire Oscar race. This year, it achieved total DOMINANCE, with EVERY SINGLE Oscar-nominated documentary feature being a Sundance alum. This isn’t a coincidence—it’s a CHILLING case of cultural gatekeeping by a single, ultra-progressive entity.
The films being anointed tell a SHOCKINGLY one-sided story. A portrait of a non-binary poet facing cancer. A Russian teacher exposing Putin’s war propaganda. An Iranian woman fighting patriarchy by teaching girls to ride motorbikes. These are not mere stories; they are WEAPONIZED NARRATIVES selected to fuel a specific, radical worldview. Director Ryan White ADMITS these are “not the easiest films to get off the ground,” revealing a system that PRIORITIZES activist messaging over mainstream appeal. It begs the question: are the Oscars celebrating art, or rubber-stamping Sundance’s AGENDA?
The human cost is STAGGERING. Subjects like Russian teacher Pasha Talankin have sacrificed THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, becoming fugitives for a documentary’s cause. In Iran, the filmmakers of “Cutting Through Rocks” cannot even share their Oscar nomination due to government blackouts—their story of resistance SMOTHERED in its own homeland. Sundance propels these stories to glory in Hollywood while the real-world protagonists face exile, imprisonment, or death. Are we bearing witness, or are we complicit in their exploitation?
This is not a film festival; it’s a political and cultural FILTER, and it now holds the Academy Awards in a DEATH GRIP. The stories you are told to believe are decided by a cloistered elite in the mountains of Utah. Ask yourself: whose truth are you really seeing, and what realities are being left in the DARK to never win your applause?
Author: Kayitsi.com
