Grim, Global, Gutsy. And Going for Gold

Nominated docs confront rape, war, terrorism and illness as light fare falls away

HUMAN CONDITION Clockwise from left: Bobi Wine: The People’s President; To Kill a Tiger; The Eternal Memory; Four Daughters. (NatGeo; National Film Board of Canada and Notice Pictures Inc.; MTV Documentary Films; Cannes Film Festival)

Increasingly, the topline categories at the 96th Oscars are beginning to look locked in. This past weekend, the Directors…