'Billy Preston' Documentary Becomes First Film on Academy Screening Room for 99th Oscars
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Clayton Davis
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Paris Barclay's documentary "Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It" has become the first film uploaded to the Academy Screening Room, the members-only streaming platform for Oscar voters. This marks the unofficial start of the 99th Academy Awards season, with new titles expected to be added weekly over the next eight months.
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Variety'Billy Preston' Documentary Becomes First Film on Academy Screening Room for 99th Oscarsvariety.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledVariety has learned exclusively that Paris Barclay's documentary 'Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It' is the first film uploaded to the Academy Screening Room.
The upload serves as the unofficial starting gun for a race that will unfold over the next eight-plus months.
A new wave of titles is expected to arrive in the coming weeks, with films added every Friday through the end of the season.
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