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Yes, I couldn't agree more!

These films are all up for an Oscar and are available to stream at home.

The After on Netflix

Nimona on Netflix

Society of Snow on Netflix

Nyad on Netflix

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar on Netflix

20 Days in Mariupol PRIME

Invincible Stream free at Vimeo

Knight of Fortune Stream free on YouTube; buy or rent on Vimeo

The Barber of Little Rock Stream free on YouTube

Island in Between free on YouTube

The Last Repair Shop free on YouTube

Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó Stream on Disney+, Hulu

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Thanks for adding the list.I'm sure readers will find that helpful.

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Thank you!

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Thanks. I'll check them out.

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For anyone who may be downstate near Pleasantville, NY, the Jacob Burns Film Center always shows a plethora of Oscar nominated shorts before the Academy Awards ceremony.

https://burnsfilmcenter.org/

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They used to show the shorts at the Spectrum in Albany, but it closed in February.

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It would be great if we could get a place like Crandall Library to show the films that don't show up in theaters.

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Awesome idea.

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I think they do that, but it is usually after the Oscars and not before. But still a good venue for good films.

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I'll check in with them.

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Right on!

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It was a lot easier when you could open (either physically or virtually) a newspaper and get news that was a day old rather than four days old. Unfortunately since Lee emasculated the Post-Star (and tried to hoodwink us by calling it "expanded"), you really need to subscribe to the Times-Union to supplement the shriveled version of the PS.

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Unfortunately, those cuts have been going on for more than 15 years. We had 45 in the newsroom at one point and now there are fewer than 10. It was a slow, gradual reduction in resources.

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Thank you for that.

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I’ll check out some of the documentaries. There’s one at Crandall I just requested when I searched Nai Nai and Wai Po. Hopefully the same one. I want to see the Navalny one, too.

A friend on substack suggested this one to me this morning. I’ve only read one post, but that was very good. Sweary, but good.

https://jamesfell.substack.com/?r=9qpud&utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web

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Navalny is a must see. As a companion Ukraine film, check out Winter on Fire and 20 days in Mariiupol (Netflix).

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Thanks. After Alexei Navalny’s death I read “Fear No Evil” by Natan Sharansky. He was a Russian Jew who spent 9 years incarcerated in various penal institutions in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It seems worse now than then.

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Years ago I read "One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn about his years in the Gulag. It will give you some perspective on freedom and democracy.

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Thanks I’ve been meaning to read him as well.

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Dear Mr. Tingley,

I appreciate your recommendations of documentaries and shorts that are not only informative and poignant, they are free of the constraints that Hollywood and the movie industry impose. I love, love, love, great script writing, great acting and great cinematography, but documentaries provide another level of depth, reality. These are not actors portraying real or imaginative storylines, these are the men and women who are living through extraordinary experiences, good or bad, and their truths touch us even more deeply. One of these documentaries I have in mind is the documentary "The Murder of Emmett Till", which features the real Mamie Till and the real people who were witnesses to this horrendous murder and flagrant legal coverup. When you hear Mamie Till speak, you can see her unspeakable pain, hear her outrage and admire her steadfast courage. I was fortunate to have made this documentary available to high school students, who had not yet understood what Jim Crow America was like. I know it affected them as deeply as affected me. Luckily, we have PBS airing many other documentaries on a regular basis. All we need to do to continue educating ourselves is to tune in.

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You are certainly right on the mark regarding PBS. They have so much quality program. It only starts with Ken Burns.

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Gloria,

Wow! Excellent Ken! I admit I tend to shy away from watching the movies shorts.. I oftentimes use movies & tv series to escape from the unsettling real events happening in our world currently.

So, Columbo, Monk, Seinfeld, Barbie keep me going!!

I did see and greatly appreciated Oppenheimer - thr only Oscar candidate I watched.

But I’ll tune in to the awards night- like to see what everyone’s wearing, who’s with who.

I need to not take our world situation so seriously. But I respect your taste & opinions& have learned a lot from Front Page! Thank you! Carry on, Carry on.

Turn your clocks ahead- “spring forward”could b an inspirational motto! 😉

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Gloria, Thanks for your kind words. My wife feels the same way about movies. She wants to be entertained and not educated. I suppose there is a balance there. I wasn't going to see Barbie, but I liked it a lot.

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Thanks, Ken. Love, love, love it. I will search for those shorts and documentaries. My friends and I gather yearly to watch the Oscars. We even throw a few bucks in the pot for the one who guesses the most winners correctly. I love movies so much that I purchased an Unlimited movie pass from Regal BUT what good is it if the movies they show aren't worth watching? So I've talked to the young folks behind the counter at Regal and they say corporate makes the decisions. When corporate emailed me that they received my payment for the pass I took the opportunity to chat with them. They thought I was unsubscribing and offered me $5 off for three months but that wasn't the point. I offered to assist in choosing the movies but no one took me up on it. I'll watch what I can find streaming, but I love watching movies in the dark on the big screen with surround sound. ❤️

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It's such a shame that more movie theaters don't show the Oscar shorts or documentaries. But people don't go to see them. It is a business decision.

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Me too. Absolutely!

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There is no doubt that the covid-era (last three years) put a huge damper on educational progress. Support for local schools and libraries is a MUST!

Book banning is ridiculous!

Our children and their parents need our full support!

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Wish the library could get some of these shorts. And yes, for Gods sake read the paper!!

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I really enjoyed the short film by Wes Anderson regarding "Henry Sugar". Short and sweet, with a wonderful ending. It's on Netflix.

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Your right. That is a special film and does not take much time.

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I stay up with current news but perchance is Crandall renting any of these great documentaries? I have trouble streaming anything. I have you tube.

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