Speaking on condition of anonymity, 15 members of the doc branch told IndieWire what they feel is and is not working during Oscar season. Among its own ranks and outside the Oscar bubble, it’s become a familiar complaint: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s documentary branch often to nominate some of the year’s most heralded docs. Matthew Heineman’s Netflix documentary “American Symphony” and Davis Guggenheim’s Apple doc “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” were snubbed in 2024 — the