‘Gasland’ Makes Oscar’s Shortlist

The Documentary Gasland, which chronicles filmmaker Josh Fox’s experiences as he travels the country seeking information about natural gas drilling, has advanced in the Oscar voting process.

Gasland joins 14 other Documentary features in a second round of voting. 101 pictures originally qualified in the category.

It is now up to the Documentary Branch Screening Committee to narrow that list down to 5 nominees.

Th 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.