The Essentials

The Sundance Film Festival winner “Hell and Back Again” has been nominated for a best documentary feature Oscar.

The story of an American soldier’s rocky return to civilian life after service in Afghanistan was directed by photojournalist turned filmmaker Danfung Dennis ’05, who studied applied economics and management at Cornell.

The film is set to air on the PBS series Independent Lens in May.

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