US EditionWarriors Coach Steve Kerr Part of Oscar Documentary Short Win with 'All the Empty Rooms'
The 35-minute film highlights families memorializing children lost in mass shootings, reflecting Kerr’s advocacy for gun regulation and honoring victims' stories with dignity.
- At the Academy Awards this weekend, All the Empty Rooms won the Oscar for documentary short, and Steve Kerr, as an executive producer, is now an Oscar winner.
- Kerr said he was asked about a year ago to be an executive producer and accepted because of his passion for the issue, later praising Seftel's storytelling during Netflix screenings, Kerr said.
- The 35-minute film chronicles how Steve Hartman and Lou Bopp documented families memorializing bedrooms of children killed in mass shootings.
- Kerr, coaching the Warriors Sunday night, learned of the Oscar win via family text and does not receive a statuette, as Seftel accepted the award and ceded the microphone to Gloria Cazares.
- Beyond Hollywood, Kerr's advocacy for gun regulation, rooted in his father Malcolm Kerr's 1984 death, ties to a trend of NBA figures like Stephen Curry and Shaquille O'Neal winning Oscars.
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Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has added another major accolade to his storied career. The former basketball player and legendary coach has become the fourth person in NBA history to win an Academy Award (Oscar). Kerr was an executive producer on the short documentary All the Empty Rooms, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The 35-minute film tells the heartbreaking stories of families who have lost their children in …
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Warriors coach Steve Kerr part of Oscar documentary short win with ‘All the Empty Rooms’
Golden State coach Steve Kerr is now an Oscar winner.
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