Oscar celebrates Governors Award recipients

Oscar-winning director Michael Moore ("Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 9/11") presents to Honorary Award recipient D.A. Pennebaker at the 2012 Governors Awards in Hollywood, Calif., Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Moore called him an inspiration and the inventor of the modern documentary. Pennebaker ditched the tripod and carried his camera on his shoulder, and "all filmmaking changed," Moore said, "nonfiction and fiction."

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