Three films, supported by the Ford Foundation, are in the running for best documentary at this year’s Academy Awards.

The films are supported through the foundation’s work in one of its focus areas, Creativity and Free Expression. The three films include:

• American Factory

• Free Sama

• Edge of Democracy

“As part of our work in Creativity and Free Expression, we support artists and films that shed light on issues around the world and amplify the perspectives of people too often left out of the global conversation,” Chi-hui Yang, senior program officer, JustFilms, Creativity and