If Films Want To Qualify For The Oscars, They Can’t Be Seen As ‘Television’

“A documentary feature must be released in L.A. County or the borough of Manhattan in New York City and play at least four times a day within a certain window of showtimes on those days. (This is to prevent someone potentially renting a theater to play to empty houses early in the morning or the middle of the night.) And a feature documentary must also get a review from a movie critic — ‘a television critic review will not be accepted,’ read the rules — in either the L.A. or N.Y. Times.”