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Kimmel Roasts Trump, White House at Oscars
16 Mar
Summary
- Kimmel presented documentary awards, injecting political commentary.
- He referenced a film about Melania Trump and White House shoe try-ons.
- Winners included documentaries on Russian curriculum and school shootings.
Returning to the Oscars stage to present documentary awards, Jimmy Kimmel seized his brief moments to deliver pointed critiques of Donald Trump and the White House. He acknowledged filmmakers working under challenging conditions in countries restricting free speech.
Kimmel then jested about a documentary focusing on Melania Trump, humorously contrasting serious filmmaking with activities like "walking around the White House trying on shoes." This jab alluded to a film reportedly acquired by Amazon after a meeting between Bezos, Trump, and Melania.
The award for Best Documentary Short went to "All the Empty Rooms," which documents efforts to capture the bedrooms of children lost to school shootings in the United States and is now available on Netflix.
"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" received the Best Documentary Feature Oscar for its portrayal of a videographer secretly filming the Kremlin-mandated curriculum justifying the invasion of Ukraine. The film is currently streaming on the Kino Film Collection.
