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"For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 21th. With all three categories offered–Animated, Live Action, and Documentary–this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.Note: this program may not be appropriate for audiences under the age of 14 due to gun violence, shootings, language and animated nudity."
Instruments of a Beating Heart - 23 min
Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki
Producer: Eric Nyari
Synopsis: First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: to form an orchestra and perform “Ode to Joy” at a school ceremony.
Incident - 30 min
Director: Bill Morrison
Producers: Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
Synopsis: Through a montage of surveillance and police body-camera footage, a reconstruction of a deadly shooting by a Chicago police officer becomes an investigation into how a narrative begins to take shape in the aftermath.
I Am Ready, Warden - 37 min
Director: Smriti Mundhra
Producers: Smriti Mundhra, Maya Gnyp, Nina Aujla, Keri Blakinger
Synopsis: The latest documentary short film, from MTV Documentary Films, I AM READY, WARDEN, by acclaimed filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, tells the harrowing and emotionally charged story of John Henry Ramirez, a man convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Texas. Through his time on death row, the film offers a rare and intimate glimpse into his attempts to seek redemption and reconciliation.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra - 35 min
Director: Molly O’Brien
Producers: Molly O’ Brien, Lisa Remington
Synopsis: Trailblazing double bassist Orin O’Brien was never one to seek the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the New York Philharmonic, she inevitably became the focus of media attention and, ultimately, one of the most renowned musicians of a generation.
Death by Numbers - 36 min
Director: Kim A. Snyder
Producer: Kim A Snyder, Janique L Robillard, and Maria Cuomo Cole
Synopsis: DEATH BY NUMBERS turns an intimate lens on school shooting survivor Sam Fuentes’s journey to reclaim her power, processing trauma through journaling. To prepare for a confrontation with her assailant in his harrowing sentencing trial, she examines complex questions of collective hatred and justice.
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