Reel Dad: Don t forget about short documentary films during Oscar season
Mark Schumann
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At Oscar time, while most of the attention goes to feature films, the nominated short films say a lot about the world watching the screen.
While animated and live action shorts may seek to entertain and enlighten, the documentary shorts capture moments that make us think. And, because these films create their worlds in less than 40 minutes, they waste no time in grabbing our hearts and challenging our minds.
The nominees for this year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary Short celebrate the best of this most special art form. They are all available to stream.
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When asked to describe the Hong Kong protests, I always mention the tear gas, which, along with thousands of other people, I had the misfortune of choking on. The amount used by Hong Kong police was unprecedented in my many years covering and participating in protests. But people adapted. In the Mongkok district one night in November 2019, as hundreds of police loaded their guns with tear gas canisters for use on peaceful protestors, street vendors wearily pulled on gas masks. I saw someone laying on the sidewalk wearing only shorts, a blanket, and a gas mask.
It’s hard to convey in words the intensity and absurdity of those clashes. Fortunately, a brilliant new film, shortlisted for the Oscars, shows what it looked like, felt like, smelled like, and tasted like to be in the middle of a large-scale street confrontation with Hong Kong’s police.
Reel Dad: Don t forget about short documentary films during Oscar season
Mark Schumann
FacebookTwitterEmail A Love Song For Latasha is available on Netflix.Netflix / Contributed photo
At Oscar time, while most of the attention goes to feature films, the nominated short films say a lot about the world watching the screen.
While animated and live action shorts may seek to entertain and enlighten, the documentary shorts capture moments that make us think. And, because these films create their worlds in less than 40 minutes, they waste no time in grabbing our hearts and challenging our minds.
The nominees for this year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary Short celebrate the best of this most special art form. They are all available to stream.