Celebrating Long Shots And Outcasts

By Cara Buckley, NY Times: Carpetbagger
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 7:00pm

At a luncheon in her honor, Rory Kennedy said she fully expected her documentary "Last Days in Vietnam" would not win the Oscar.

Topics: awards season

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