I was thinking the exact same thing. It's a good doc by any measure but if it were about another topic, it wouldn't have won on cinematic merit. BUT at the sam

I was thinking the exact same thing. It's a good doc by any measure but if it were about another topic, it wouldn't have won on cinematic merit. BUT at the same time, it tells the story well being mostly told through a hotel room and narration. So with that said both the content and how it was made is still noteworthy but not outstanding. So it's all about all of it coming together too. Documentaries are a lot of luck and skill and pulling together the story that people can appreciate.