The PBS documentary series “Pov” is the latest organization to publicly support the team behind Oscar-nominated “Last Men in Aleppo,” which recently learned that producer Kareem Abeed will not receive a visa to travel from Syria to the U.S.
for next weekend’s Academy Awards.“We stand with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the International Documentary Association, both of which have voiced their support for Abeed, [director Feras] Fayyad and the subjects of ‘Last Men in Aleppo,‘” said Pov staffers in a statement.
“In making their film, Fayyad and Abeed sought to document the personal toll of war.
We support their every effort to tell this story.”Before receiving its historic Best Documentary Feature Oscar nod, “Last Men in Aleppo” won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
“Pov,” a three-decade-old institution, broadcasted the film in July.The Academy released its own statement on February 20: “For 90 years,
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