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There are 169 eligible feature documentaries competing for the upcoming Oscars, and two of the most acclaimed explore the legacies of colonialism and present-day movements to address them.

The present-day footage can seem self-reflexive to the point of parody: Paul McCartney gives the documentary team a tour of the Brooklyn Museum’s Paul McCartney exhibition.

"We're revealing genetic signatures that have been largely erased or masked in present-day genomes."

For the study, the researchers used X-ray videos of a present-day bird -- a helmeted guineafowl -- to precisely measure the knee-joint poses of the bird.

This is particularly pronounced in the LGBTQ+ community, which has been influential in shaping both modern Halloween and present-day meme culture.