LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — On Tuesday, “The Barber of Little Rock” was Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary Short.
The documentary is the 11th film set in Arkansas that was nominated for an Oscar.
Here are some of the other films that were previously nominated for Oscars that were set in Arkansas:
Hallelujah (1929)
“Hallelujah” was a musical that featured an all-Black cast and was one of the earliest Hollywood feature films shot in Arkansas, according to Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
IMDB describes the plot of the musical, “A sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.”
Director King Vidor was nominated for Best Director for the film.
Gone with the Wind (1939)
“Gone with the Wind” was a historical romance film adapted from the 1936 book of the same title written by Margaret Mitchell. The film starred Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh.
IMDB says the plot of the film was, “A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.”