‘Crip Camp,’ ‘Time,’ ‘Gunda’ Make Oscars Documentary Shortlist The largest documentary field in Oscar history has been narrowed down to 15, with “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “Collective” and “Welcome to Chechnya” among the other films making the cutSteve Pond | February 9, 2021 @ 3:00 PM AWARDS BEAT "Crip Camp": Netflix / "Time": Amazon / "Gunda": Neon The largest field of documentaries in Oscar history has been narrowed down to 15 semifinalists, with almost all of the films that were expected to advance to the shortlist doing so. Kirsten Johnson’s “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” Garrett Bradley’s “Time,” Alexander Nanau’s “Collective,” Viktor Kosakovskiy’s “Gunda,” James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham’s “Crip Camp” and David France’s “Welcome to Chechnya,” which led all of the year’s nonfiction films in previous nominations and wins, were among the films that advanced from the record field of 238 qualifying docs. That number shattered the previous record of 170 eligible documentaries, which was set in 2017.