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Oscar-winning documentary makes HBO debut

The Academy Award-winning documentary "Music By Prudence" makes its television debut tomorrow night on HBO. The film won in the category of Best Documentary (Short Subject).

"Music by Prudence" follows Prudence Mabhena, the lead singer in an Afro-fusion band (Liyana) made up of disabled musicians in Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe, there is a superstition that children who are born disabled are a result of witchcraft, so physically challenged children are often neglected or rejected by their families.

About that lady who hijacked the mic on last night's Oscar show...

It's even crazier than you thought.

Salon.com got an interview today with two of Oscar's most puzzling characters: the producer of "Music by Prudence," Elinor Burkett, and the film's director-producer, Roger Ross Williams.

You may remember that Williams was in the middle of his acceptance speech for winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Short when Burkett ran up and interrupted him, totally hijacking his speech in what is being called, "Oscar's Kanye Moment."

The short version of the story: They hate each other's guts. Get the full version from Salon's Kerry Lauerman

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