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Hollywood Flashback: Nancy Hamilton Made Oscars History With ‘Helen Keller in Her Story’
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scrn loglineGroundbreaking director Nancy Hamilton made Oscars history as the first woman to win best documentary for her intimate portrait of disability rights icon Helen Keller.beat sheet- Hamilton and Keller developed a close friendship, with Keller handpicking the filmmaker to bring her life story to the screen.
- Hamilton's iconic jazz standard
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Hollywood Flashback: Nancy Hamilton Made Oscars History With ‘Helen Keller in Her Story’
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Carly Thomas
scrn logline
Groundbreaking director Nancy Hamilton made Oscars history as the first woman to win best documentary for her intimate portrait of disability rights icon Helen Keller.
beat sheet
- Hamilton and Keller developed a close friendship, with Keller handpicking the filmmaker to bring her life story to the screen.
- Hamilton's iconic jazz standard
call sheet
Nancy Hamilton, Helen Keller, Katharine Cornell, Morgan Lewis, Oscars, Helen Keller in Her Story, The Unconquered, How High the Moon