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    Documentary Amy Nicholson

    Pickle

    Obese chickens, paraplegic possums, bodiless fish—Pickle is an ode to man’s capacity to care for creatures with limited abilities throughout their sometimes greatly protracted existence.

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    Documentary Ben Proudfoot

    The Final Copy of Ilon Specht

    From two-time Oscar® winner Ben Proudfoot comes THE FINAL COPY OF ILON SPECHT, an intimate deathbed account of the unsung advertising genius who coined L'Oréal's iconic "Because I'm Worth It" slogan in 1973, a four word feminist manifesto that, against all odds, changed advertising forever.

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    Documentary Kelsie Moore

    The Gray Area

    A trailer in the desert—with its dust and strange beauty—became the home for a family of three. They live in a financial state that is becoming increasingly common throughout the US, a level of poverty they call “The Gray Area.”

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    Documentary Elizabeth Lo

    Hotel 22

    Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless. This film captures one dramatic night on the Hotel 22 bus.

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    Drama Charlotte Wells

    Laps

    An award-winner at Sundance and SXSW this year, on a routine morning a woman on a crowded New York City subway is sexually assaulted in plain sight

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    Documentary Leslie Tai

    My American Surrogate

    China’s elite and infertile are flocking to Southern California to hire American surrogates to have their babies for them, and Qiqi is there to help.

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    Documentary Joris Debeij

    The Bull Rider

    A meditative portrait of bull rider Gary Leffew and his reflections on life and the sport that made him the man he is today.

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    Oscars 2021: The Short Films battling for an Academy Award

    With Oscar voting starting tomorrow, the S/W team explores the shortlists for the 2021 Academy Awards and highlights our favorite film in the Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Subject & Live Action Short Film categories

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    Documentary Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

    Earthrise

    Earthrise tells the story of the first image captured of the Earth from space in 1968. Told solely by the Apollo 8 astronauts, the film recounts their experiences and memories and explores the beauty, awe, and grandeur of the Earth against the blackness of space.

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