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Discover this year’s Best Documentary Short Film nominees! This is your annual chance to predict the winners—and have the edge in your Oscar pool. 

Please note, we have split the Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts into two programs due to duration. Tickets to each program are $7.50, so you can catch all the nominees for the regular ticket price of $15. This is Program 1, see Program 2 here.  

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Program 1

Total runtime: 62 min

The Barber of Little Rock | D: John Hoffman and Christine Turner | USA | 35 min

Barber Arlo Washington forms a nonprofit community bank, with a visionary approach to a just economy that could reshape the future of banking. The People Trust fosters economic progress for underserved residents in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The ABCs of Book Banning | D: Trish Adlesic, Nazenet Habtezghi and Sheila Nevins | USA | 27 min

Revealing the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.

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