This year’s most-obscure Oscar nominee is no more. At a meeting this week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors decided to strip the surprise nomination for Best Song from “Alone Yet Not Alone,” which appears in the independent Christian-produced film of the same name. “Alone Yet Not Alone” is a religiously themed period piece about 18th-century settlers dealing with colonial wars and Indian kidnappers in the Ohio Valley. The song is presented in the movie as a traditional family hymn and sung on the film’s soundtrack by Joni Eareckson Tada, a well-known evangelical minister. “This is Blacklist Baloney. There’s nothing wrong with sending an email alerting people about something that’s trying to compete against major works. … Maybe they just don’t want to hear about Jesus at the Oscars,” one commenter speculated Read more: washingtontimes/news/2014/jan/29/christian-film-stripped-best-song-oscar-nomination/#ixzz2rw7V1PrN
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:48:59 +0000
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