Directors, producers and subjects of the five Oscar-nominated documentary shorts gathered on Monday for a lively discussion with TheWrap’s editor-in-chief, Sharon Waxman, as part of TheWrap Screening Series. Among the attendees was Grace Linn, the 101-year-old activist who appears in “The ABCs of Book Banning,” directed by Sheila Nevins and produced by Trish Adlesic.
One of the topics of discussion was the challenges the filmmakers faced while making their docs. In the case of “The ABCs of Book Banning,” about the ongoing campaign by arch-conservatives to ban books in public schools and libraries, Adlesic said, “We’re getting all kinds of threats, like we’re pedophiles.
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