MTV Documentary Films has become a major player in Oscar competition, scoring nominations for nonfiction features Black Box Diaries , The Eternal Memory , Ascension and the shorts I Am Ready, Warden ; Hunger Ward , and St. Louis Superman .

While the future of the MTV doc division must be considered uncertain given the Skydance Media purchase of Paramount (which includes MTV, of course), it’s contending again this year with an explosive documentary feature: Predators , directed by David Osit .

The film, which premiered last January at Sundance, offers a critical examination of a show that became a TV staple – To Catch a Predator , that aired under the banner of NBC’s Dateline news magazine. Producers of the show partnered with a self-appointed watchd

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