The winner of our SXSW 2007 Emerging Visions Audience Award, Bill Haney's The Price of Sugar, is one of 15 films on the recently announced shortlist of nominees for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. Haney's SXSW 2007 premiere is among the politically-minded features on the list (see the others on indieWIRE). In fact, one could argue that every single doc on the 15-film list has some sort of social or political story and/or message. Interesting for sure. The final five nominees will be announced, with the other Oscar nods, on January 22. Congrats and best of luck to Bill Haney and the Price of Sugar team!