All the Empty Rooms wins Oscar for documentary memorializing children killed in school shootings

The short documentary All the Empty Rooms won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, recognizing a seven-year project by Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp that memorialized children killed in school shootings through their bedrooms.

The documentary All the Empty Rooms won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 98th Academy Awards. The film grew from a seven-year project by CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp. It presents the bedrooms of children who were killed in school shootings as a way to remember them. Director Joshua Seftel accepted the award with Hartman, producer Conall Jones and Gloria Cazares, a parent featured in the film. Known details: - The film received the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 98th Academy Awards. - The project followed Steve Hartman and Lou Bopp over seven years and focused on the personal spaces left behind by children killed in school shootings. - Gloria Cazares, whose daughter Jackie is featured, spoke onstage about her daughter and the film's intention to show those rooms. Summary: The Oscar win brought wider attention to the project's personal memorials and the families it portrays. Undetermined at this time.