Rize director David LaChapelle among finalists for
documentary Oscar

Fifteen films will be considered for Oscar nominations in the Best Documentary Feature category, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday. The documentary screening committee culled the selections after reviewing the category's 82 eligible films. The selected films: After Innocence, The Boys of Baraka, Darwin's Nightmare, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Favela Rising, Mad Hot Ballroom, March of the Penguins, Murderball, Occupation: Dreamland, On Native Soil, Rize, Street Fight, 39 Pounds of Love, and Unknown White Male.

Nominees in the documentary category and 24 other categories will be announced January 31. The 78th Academy Awards will be presented at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on March 5. (AP)