8 Short Documentaries Named to 2014 Oscar Shortlist Include the Stunning ‘White Earth’

This past weekend I was at the New Orleans Film Festival, serving as a juror for the event’s impressive documentary shorts program. Out of the 22 contenders, Oscar nominee Sari Gilman (King’s Point), Picture Motion’s Wendy Cohen and I awarded our prize to J. Christian Jensen’s White Earth, honoring the film “for its pure, harsh look at a devastating eco…