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It’s Hollywood’s biggest night! The 2017 Academy Awards are airing tonight, February 26, and Decider has got all of your Oscars needs covered. You can live stream the 2017 Oscars here, and click here to check out the rest of Decider’s coverage.
It’s no secret that O.J. Simpson has been a hot button topic in pop culture over the last couple years, and the documentary world is no exception. While shows like The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story were certainly riveting, Ezra Edelman’s monumental five-part documentary series, O.J.: Made in America offered a complicated, informative, riveting overview of all of the events and the social climate that led to the criminal case of the century.
O.J. Simpson, the sports star turned movie star turned accused murder turned convicted felon, has died at the age of 76. From the Decider archives:
- O.J. Simpson dead at 76; read our obituary.
- The View reacts to the death of O.J. Simpson: “The tragedy was the injustice”
- O.J. Simpson: A Problematic Man With An Idiosyncratic Filmography
- The O.J. Simpson Filmography: Where to stream the documentaries, dramatizations, and movies about and/or starring the NFL Hall of Famer turned convict.
- O.J. Simpson tried to kill himself in Kim Kardashian’s bedroom, an incident that was dramatized in Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson.
- O.J. Simpson says “I remember I grabbed the knife” in the infamous Fox special, O.J.: The Lost Confession.
- What O.J. whispered: Robert Shapiro comes clean to Megyn Kelly.
- O.J. Made In America won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2017. It is currently available to stream on ESPN+, or you can rent or buy the series on Prime Video, YouTube, and more.
While much of our obsession with Simpson lies in the murder of Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman, O.J.: Made in America explores police brutality, race relations, and the aftermath of Simpson’s acquittal – and eventual armed robbery arrest and conviction. The documentary was produced under ESPN’s 30 for 30 series and aired in 5 parts. At 467 minutes, it is the longest film to ever win an Academy Award.
Edelman humbly took to the stage to express his appreciation: “I want to thank the Academy for honoring this untraditional film.” He went on to dedicate the Oscar to the memories of Brown-Simpson and Goldman, and thanked his producer, Caroline Waterlow, for “going on this journey” with him. The film was up against I Am Not Your Negro, Fire at Sea, Life, Animated, and Ava DuVernay‘s 13th.
WHERE TO STREAM O.J. MADE IN AMERICAUPDATE (4/11/24): The Oscar-winning documentary O.J. Made In America is currently available to stream on ESPN+, or you can rent or buy the series on Prime Video, YouTube, and more.
