Oscar Statuette Lost in Luggage: A Documentary Director's Dilemma

0:00On April 30, it's picture this, an Oscar statuette goes missing as lost luggage. Pobble-Talankin, co-director of the documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, says TSA at New York's JFK airport made him check his award on a Lufthansa, flight to Frankfurt last Wednesday. He packed it in a small box at the bottom of the plane, but when he landed in Europe, the Golden Trophy was nowhere to be found. It's still missing. Earlier trips were smooth. Talankin carried the Oscar on as hand luggage twice before, once right after the Academy Awards on March 15, and again earlier this month. Returning to the U.S., both times, no problems from security. Co-director David Bornstein sounded the alarm on Instagram, sharing photos of the Oscar before advanced, and questioning why TSA treated Talankin. This way, he wondered if a big name actor or fluent English speaker would face the same hassle, and he tagged both Lufthansa and TSA for answers. The film follows Talankin, a Russian teacher in the Euro-Mountains, exposing Moscow's push to

1:02feed kids pro-war propaganda on Ukraine. It's an underdog win for best documentary this year, with Bornstein calling it a warning for any democracy under threat. Talankin fled Russia last summer. The movie's still playing in some theaters and streaming online, pulling in $250,000 at the U.S. box office so far? Reporters have hit up Lufthansa for details on the lost prize, but words quiet leaves you thinking about the irony of an anti-authority Oscar caught. In Red Tape, this has been Entertainment and Celebrity News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.