Stanley Nelson Jr. Reflects on First Oscar Nomination | Oscar Nominees Night 2022 - video Dailymotion

Nelson’s film ‘Attica’ is nominated for best documentary feature.

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00:00Stanley Nelson, congratulations, excuse me, Oscar nominee, Stanley Nelson.

00:04Has that sort of, have you gotten used to that?

00:06No, not at all, but it's great.

00:10It's a real honor to be nominated.

00:12It took them long enough.

00:14You've given them so many good excuses now with Attica.

00:17Would you, going into this project, did you kind of have a feeling that this one was going

00:22to affect people in the way that this one has?

00:24No, not at all.

00:25So, especially not the Academy and not the range of people that it's affected.

00:31I think, you know, as we finished the film, we realized that it was powerful, but in no

00:36way did we ever dream in our wildest dreams that we would be nominated for an Academy Award.

00:40So, on March 27th, who is the lucky plus one for you, and what are you most looking forward

00:47to about that night?

00:48The plus one for me is my wife, Marsha, who's my business partner and partner in everything

00:53I do, and I'm just looking forward to being there.

00:55I mean, it's the first time I've ever been nominated.

00:58I'm really just looking forward to being in the room.

01:00Well deserved.

01:01Thank you so much for it.

01:02Congrats.