What documentary, directed by Ezra Edelman, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2017?

“O.J.: Made in America,” directed by Ezra Edelman, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2017. The film is a detailed examination of O.J. Simpson’s rise from gifted football player to celebrity, followed by his murder trial, acquittal, and later imprisonment for an armed robbery in Las Vegas.

Produced for ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 series, the documentary premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It was released both as a five-part television miniseries and in a theatrical version, giving it an unusually broad format for an Oscar-nominated feature. Edelman connects Simpson’s story to race, policing, media spectacle, celebrity culture, and Los Angeles history rather than treating the trial as an isolated courtroom drama.

The film won at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2017. Its victory is especially notable because the project runs for roughly 467 minutes, making it the longest film to win an Oscar at the time. A common mix-up is identifying the 2017 winner as “13th,” “I Am Not Your Negro,” or “The Look of Silence,” all acclaimed documentaries but not that year’s Best Documentary Feature winner.