Voted the biggest Oscar snub, the story of America’s favorite neighbor deserved more love from Tinseltown. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” won best documentary at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, but it didn’t even get a mention at Sunday’s Oscars.
The academy awarded the honor to “Free Solo,” a gripping National Geographic documentary about the man who climbed El Capitan’s rock face without a rope. Alex Honnold’s 3,000-foot solo climb is no small feat, but “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” if not as glamorous, was no less powerful.
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