Hollywood Flashback: Nancy Hamilton Made Oscars History With ‘Helen Keller in Her Story’
A significant number of documentaries vying for this year’s Oscars were directed by women, including “Daughters”, “I Am: Celine Dion”, “Dahomey”, “Frida”, “Black Box Diaries”, “A New Kind of Wilderness”, “The Last of the Sea Women” and “Sugarcane”. However, 70 years ago, it was quite different. Nancy Hamilton directed “Helen Keller in Her Story” (also known as “The Unconquered”), making her the first woman to receive an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.